“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
“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
“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
“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
“Your company really has to work for you before you’ll really work for your company.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Values are deeply held personal beliefs that form your own priority code for living.” — 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 first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Let’s get right on top of the bottom line: You must live your personal values at work.” — 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
“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
“Micromanagement could have unintended consequences. Instead of getting people in line, it may cause them to leave.” — Diane Polnow 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
“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
“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
“Careful now: even a financially rewarding, intellectually stimulating work environment isn’t the same as living your own values.” — 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
“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
“Success means: I want to know the work I do means something to somebody and helps make the world, if not a… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Most managers have plenty of emotional commitment to give to their jobs. If they can be convinced it’s safe and sensible to… — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to… — 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
