Nothing creates more self-respect among employees than being included in the process of making decisions. — Judith M Bardwick Decision Copy Share Image
Schools are generally feminine places, institutions where conformity is valued, taught largely by conformist women. — Judith M Bardwick Conformist Copy Share Image
The balanced life is a goal, but for us it is mostly a myth. — Judith M Bardwick Balance Copy Share Image
In organizations where nothing much happens regardless of whether you do something exceptional or just show up in the morning, the best… — Judith M Bardwick Common Copy Share Image
Leaders must (1) define the business of the business, (2) create a winning strategy, (3) communicate persuasively, (4) behave with integrity, (5) respect others, and (6) act. — Judith M Bardwick Behave Copy Share Image
Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself- your strengths and your limitations -in contrast to depending on affirmation from others. — Judith M Bardwick Accepting Copy Share Image
The need for challenge, the need to burst through the constrictions of tasks and situations already seen and mastered, can affect anyone,… — Judith M Bardwick Challenges Copy Share Image
I am impressed and distressed at how passive hierarchical organizations make people. There's often a lot of overt activity, but it's not… — Judith M Bardwick Acting Copy Share Image
motivation is highest when the probability of success is 50 percent: We don't get involved if the task is too easy or… — Judith M Bardwick Easy Copy Share Image
Institutions which have too much security ... tend to become bureaucratic. They add layers of people and layers of rules in order… — Judith M Bardwick Add Copy Share Image
Credibility is lost when there are big discrepancies between what leaders say and what they do. ... Increasing credibility requires openness. Hidden… — Judith M Bardwick Agendas Copy Share Image
The sense of loss of control over what happens to you at work (and thus in your life is vital). This further… — Judith M Bardwick Contract Copy Share Image
Women's self didn't die; it had never been born. And when women insisted on their right to have a self, they weren't… — Judith M Bardwick Enough Copy Share Image
... we know that productivity suffers when uncertainty is high. But we've failed to realize the equally destructive effects of too little… — Judith M Bardwick Anxiety Copy Share Image
The message to organizations is this: You have to increase the number of categories of contributing, or the types of career paths,… — Judith M Bardwick Career path Copy Share Image
If the mood is overly anxious, then anxiety must be reduced by lowering uncertainty. Very simply, uncertainty is reduced when people are… — Judith M Bardwick Anxiety Copy Share Image
... there's a large core of powerlessness which is balanced against the unwritten contract that says that if you behave, you'll be… — Judith M Bardwick Attention Copy Share Image
I think the characteristics of really effective leaders when people are frightened and depressed are the same qualities that leaders need when… — Judith M Bardwick Believe Copy Share Image
For most women being other-directed, focused on how other people feel and nurturing them, was (and can still be) a quality that… — Judith M Bardwick Energy Copy Share Image
Trust is perhaps the most critical single building block underlying effectiveness. Without trust leaders do not have followers. Without trust, leaders are… — Judith M Bardwick Belief Copy Share Image
I was appalled at how children had become the focus and gravitational center of the nuclear family around which parents orbited instead… — Judith M Bardwick Action Copy Share Image
The Psychological Recession is the cluster of feelings that the present is really scary and the future will likely be worse. It… — Judith M Bardwick Comfort Copy Share Image
Self is a construct, a feeling, an identity that is internal and can neither be given nor taken away by others. We… — Judith M Bardwick Feelings Copy Share Image
For workaholics, all the eggs of self-esteem are in the basket of work. — Judith M Bardwick Baskets Copy Share Image
In the end, leadership is not intellectual or cognitive. Leadership is emotional. — Judith M Bardwick Cognitive Copy Share Image
Leaders evoke emotional connections in followers only to the extent that the followers are emotionally needy. — Judith M Bardwick Connections Copy Share Image
Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights… — Judith M Bardwick Achieve Copy Share Image
The subject matter of Entitlement remains relevant. Entitlement is an attitude: it is the assumption, I am owed what I get. It's… — Judith M Bardwick Assumption Copy Share Image
Most people think of a balanced life in terms of how much time is given to the various sectors of a life.… — Judith M Bardwick Balance Copy Share Image
In truth, it's usually failure, disappointment, and frustration that motivate people to reexamine that which they've taken for granted. It's rare to… — Judith M Bardwick Bad news Copy Share Image
When people in organizations feel too secure, it's because there aren't any significant outcomes as a result of what they do. Whatever… — Judith M Bardwick Culture Copy Share Image
When employees don't really care about the work they do and they take no pride in being in the specific organization where… — Judith M Bardwick Betrayed Copy Share Image
Nothing motivates like success. While academics, consultants and gurus are preoccupied with coming up with great insights and seminal ideas, usually they… — Judith M Bardwick Achieve Copy Share Image
The ways in which management can express appreciation for an employee's contribution are without end; the key is to act in ways… — Judith M Bardwick Accomplishment Copy Share Image
There are still many women - and their spouses and children - who view a reflected self - I'm Mrs. Smith, not… — Judith M Bardwick Children Copy Share Image
The best worst example of making people feel unappreciated today lies in the casualness, indeed indifference with regard to massive lay-offs even… — Judith M Bardwick Crisis Copy Share Image
