“When you’re not on your own agenda, you’re prey to the agenda of others.” — Stan Slap 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
“You can't run at your maximum if you're always pushing your limits. Neither can your team.” — Diane Polnow 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
“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
“Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.” — Stan Slap 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Careful now: even a financially rewarding, intellectually stimulating work environment isn’t the same as living your own values.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Often times it isn't the quality of your candidates, it's the quality of your interview.” — Mark W Boyer Copy Share Image
“A manager’s emotional commitment is worth more than their financial, intellectual and physical commitment combined.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Managers know what they want most: to be allowed to achieve success by leveraging who they are, not by compromising it.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“When you don’t know what true for you, everyone else has unusual influence.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Leadership creates performance in people because it impacts willingness; it’s a matter of modeling, inspiring, and reinforcing.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“The first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“What managers want most from companies they stop themselves from getting. What companies want most from managers they stop them from giving.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Why live my personal values at work? This is an excellent question to ask. If your attorneys are planning an insanity defense.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“The high quality of a company’s customer experience rarely has anything to do with the high price of their product.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Success for Managers means: I want to be in healthy relationships. I want a real connection with people I spend so much… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“It’s impossible for a company to get what it wants most if managers have to make a choice between their own values… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“The worst thing in your own development as a leader is not to do it wrong. It’s to do it for the… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work?” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Work/life balance is not about escaping work. It’s about living exactly the way you want to when you’re at work.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
