Managing people can pose a variety of challenges, but there are simple building blocks you can use to identify performance issues, address them, and create the results you want. So my gift to you this holiday season is a variety of tips to help you improve your management skills and increase your impact. For me, […]
"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say, 'Thank you.' In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader." ~Max Depree
"You can buy people's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you cannot buy enthusiasm…you cannot buy loyalty…you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these." ~Clarence Francis
"Only God is in a position to look down on anyone." ~Sarah Brown
"No great genius ever existed without some touch of madness." ~Seneca
"Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will." ~W. Clement Stone
"Never allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragements that must inevitably come." ~James Whitcomb Riley
"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open." ~Alexander Graham Bell
"Success is more attitude than aptitude." ~Unknown
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." ~Milton Berle