“Regulatory compliance is critical to managing risk.” — Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth Copy Share Image
“Your business values can make you soar above the competition.” — Doris Perdue-Johnson Copy Share Image
“You don't have to fear your own company being perceived as human. You want it. People don't trust companies; they trust people.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“The heart of a company’s performance is hardwired to the hearts of its managers.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“When you’re a manager, you work for your company. When you’re a leader, your company works for you.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“This is your one and only precious life. Somebody’s going to decide how it’s going to be lived and that person had… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“The standard business model for corporations is to lie, confuse and deny anything that may threaten their profitability.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“The best leaders strive to get others behind a vision rather than authority.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“Providing the ultimate solution to work/life balance: not escaping from work but living the way you want to at work.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Here’s what you need to know most about leadership: Lead your own life first. The only thing in this world that will… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“You can stuff yourself with emotional fulfillment until it’s dribbling down your chin & your ego will quickly chomp it down and… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Never Underestimate. Just as in any other negotiation, watching before acting is as important as listening before speaking. It's doubly important in… — Irl M. Davis Copy Share Image
“The whole purpose of choosing to invest as a career is to let the management be constantly worried about his company and… — Vijay Kedia Copy Share Image
“What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“A company can’t buy true emotional commitment from managers no matter how much it’s willing to spend; this is something too valuable… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“When you work on something that only has the capacity to make you 5 dollars, it does not matter how much harder… — idowu koyenikan Copy Share Image
“One of Job's great strengths was knowing how to focus. " Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“One sticking point was that Jobs wanted his payout to be in cash. Amelio insisted that he needed to "have skin in… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Most people have a regulator between their mind and mouth that modulates their brutish sentiments and spikiest impulses. Not Jobs. He made… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Jobs liked to tell the story- and he did so to his team that day- about how everything that he had done… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“The key venue for freewheeling discourse was the Monday morning executive team gathering, which started at 9 and went for three or… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“...failure promotes success only if you actually take the time to analyze your mistakes.." "Failure has to be separated from fault, and… — Amanda Lang Copy Share Image
“There would be times when we'd rack our brains on a user interface problem, and think we'd considered every option, and he… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“One of Job's business rules was to never be afraid of cannibalizing yourself. " If you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will,"… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Still allergic to PowerPoints and formal presentations, he insisted that the people around the table hash out issues from various vantages and… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“She’s such a bitch,” Tina says, which I find a little contradictory, but overall quite true. “She’s got to be in charge… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“Jobs also used the meetings to enforce focus. At Robert Friedland's farm, his job had been to prune the apple trees so… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“The unified field theory that ties together Jobs personality and products begins with his most salient trait: his intensity. His silences could… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“In ancient Rome, when a victorious general paraded through the streets, legend has it that he was sometimes trailed by a servant… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Jobs described Mike Markkula's maxim that a good company must "impute"- it must convey its values and importance in everything it does,… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“His goal was to be vigilant against " the bozo explosion" that leads to a company's being larded with second rate talent:… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Jobs's intensity was also evident in his ability to focus. He would set priorities, aim his laser attention on them, and filter… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“There will be plenty of other problems in the future. This is as good a time as any to get ahead of… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“The talents in a corporation get them through a project. Their loyalty helps them pass through a storm.” — Sarah Tse Copy Share Image
