Phil Crosby

Philip B. "Phil" Crosby, (June 18, 1926-August 18, 2001), the businessman and author who contributed to management theory and quality management practices

Born

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1926; June 1926; June 18th 1926; the United States; North America;  …

Virginia; the world; the Americas; West Virginia; the Northern Hemisphere; Wheeling, West Virginia; Ohio County, WV; the US dollar zone; the area using the NANP; the G8; the EST/EDT region; the contiguous United States; the continental United States; North America; the West Virginia 304 telephone code area

Died

2001; August 2001; August 18th 2001; Winter Park, Florida

Occupation

Businessperson

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Crosby

Gender

male

Nationality

american

Last Name, Rare Terms

"Crosby"

First Name

"Philip"

Parents

Bing Crosby

Age at Death

75 years, 2 months and 0 days old

Class

person, author, Gemini person, businessman

Siblings

Harry Crosby

Did

die (2001)

Born During

1920s

Died During

2000s

Related Websites

http://www.wppl.org/wphistory/PhilipCrosby/index.html, http://www.wppl.org/wphistory/PhilipCrosby/grant.htm

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Birthday

the 18th of June

Quotes

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"You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right."; "We can spend our whole lives underachieving."; "Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically."; "The great discoveries are usually obvious."; "The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.";  …

"Successful people breed success."; "Slowness to change usually means fear of the new."; "Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching."; "Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the organization, not part of the fabric."; "Quality has to be caused, not controlled."; "No one can remember more than three points."; "Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not."; "In a true zero-defects approach, there are no unimportant items."; "If anything is certain, it is that change is certain. The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form tomorrow."; "Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself."; "Change should be a friend. It should happen by plan, not by accident."; "Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail."

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