Inspirational Quotes by Bob Galvin (American Business Executive)

Robert William “Bob” Galvin (1922–2011) was an American business executive and a visionary entrepreneur. The son of Paul Galvin, the founder of Motorola, Bob Galvin served as the CEO of Motorola 1959–86. He built a global pioneer of color television sets, cell phones, and other apparatus that ushered the electronic age.

Born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Galvin grew up around Chicago, where his father and uncle had founded the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928. He briefly attended Notre Dame and the University of Chicago but quit college at 18 to work for his father’s company in various factories and business departments.

Galvin Manufacturing pioneered Depression-era car radios and wartime walkie-talkies and, by 1940, evolved into America’s premier maker of car radios and two-way radios, called Handie-Talkies. During the war, Robert served in the Army Signal Corps.

In 1945, Galvin became director of the company and, in 1947, changed the company name to Motorola. He became president in 1956 and CEO in 1959. During Galvan’s 27-year tenure, Motorola innovated in guided missile designs, space communications, radios for ships and aircraft, components, and integrated circuits for T.V. sets, car ignitions, transistors, paging, cellular technology, and hand-held mobile phones. Annual sales soared from $290 million to $10.8 billion.

Galvin also served on various corporate boards and government and industry trade organizations.

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Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
—Bob Galvin
Topics: Business

We measure the effectiveness of the true leader not in terms of the leadership he exercises but in terms of the leadership he evokes; not in terms of his power over others, but in terms of the power he releases in others; not in terms of the goals he sets and the direction he gives but in terms of the plans of action others work out for themselves with his help; not in terms of decisions made, events completed, and the inevitable success and growth that follow from such released energy, but in terms of growth in competence, sense of responsibility, and in personal satisfaction among many participants. Under this kind of leadership it may not always be clear at any given moment who is leading. Nor is this important. What is important is that others are learning to lead well.
—Bob Galvin

If it’s intuitive, it’s probably wrong. The absolutely distinguishing quality of a leader is that a leader takes us elsewhere.
—Bob Galvin

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