“When you’re not on your own agenda, you’re prey to the agenda of others.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“The myth of management is that your personal values are irrelevant or inappropriate at work.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Strategy is the art of leveraging strengths while managing vulnerabilities.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“An effective strategy begins with clarity; clarity of purpose, value, and direction.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“Being relevant to your customers only when you’re trying to sell something means choosing to be irrelevant to them for the rest… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Leaders are people who know exactly who they are. They know exactly where they want to go. They’re hell-bent on getting there.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Instead of waiting for a leader you can believe in, try this: Become a leader you can believe in.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“What first separates a leader from a normal human being? A leader knows who they are as a human being.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“An effective strategy aligns every part of the business with its core mission.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“When rewards come from an external source instead of an internal source, they’re unreliable, which means they’re dangerous if you grow to… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Profitability. Growth. Quality. Exceeding customer expectations. These are not examples of values. These are examples of corporate strategies being sold to you… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Persistence is useful if you are trying to learn a new skill or acquire particular knowledge...but persistence directed primarily toward your non-talents… — Gallup Press Copy Share Image
“Leadership is the influence of a person(s) on another person(s) which guides their efforts in a specific direction, with more purpose, clarity,… — Michael A. Wood Jr Copy Share Image
“Emotional commitment means unchecked, unvarnished devotion to the company and its success; any legendary organizational performance is the result of emotionally committed… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“If we are not attracting, maintaining, or developing the new generation of workers we are also NOT attracting, not retaining and not… — Janna Cachola Copy Share Image
“A manager’s emotional commitment is the ultimate trigger for their discretionary effort, worth more than financial, intellectual & physical commitment combined.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Managers’ responsibility is to ensure that people deliver the expected results, which are the company’s strategy. The company’s strategy, in turn, determines… — Anna Stevens Copy Share Image
“The Swedes have coined the term 'management by perkele' to portray the Finnish managerial approach. Instead of collectively pondering all the possible… — Tarja Moles Copy Share Image
“When you touch, don't take. Touch the people you manage only when you are giving them something — reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever.… — Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson MD Copy Share Image
“It was as though most managers in the world were primarily interested either in results or in people. The managers who were… — Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson MD Copy Share Image
“To master the virtual equation and make all the elements work together, you have to become the connector. In fact, your greatest… — Yael Zofi Copy Share Image
“The intent of application of a work standard is noble: predict costs; establish ceiling on costs. The actual effect is to double… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
“So this is (a manager's) dilemma: The manager must retain control and focus people on performance. But she is bound by her… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
“For a business to strengthen its position on the market, its managers should become skillful at helping their subordinates to set and… — Anna Stevens Copy Share Image
“Bob Iger, Disney's chief operating officer, had to step in and do damage control. He was as sensible and solid as those… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Once you expect great things from yourself, anything is possible.” — Mark W Boyer Ambitious Minds Copy Share Image
“We must always be mindful of who we are being while we are leading.” — Lolly Daskal Copy Share Image
“Strategic leadership is knowing when to push forward and when to pivot.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“The power of a strategy lies not in complexity but in consistency.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
