When providing people with the direction and expected behaviors, you need to be alert to the fact that they will hold you accountable. People want to know if you are walking the talk. They will be watching your every move… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
You have to talk about mistakes and then talk about what you have learned and how to move forward. You acknowledge missteps right away, you deal with them, and you move ahead. — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
You must bring great resolve to your work. It's not all a bed of roses. — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
I would assert that highly effective leaders are made more than they're born. Every leader I know who's been highly effective has worked hard… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
You have to be a well-rounded leader. You can't fly by the seat of your pants anymore. You have to be incredibly tough-minded about… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
I strongly believe that you can't win in the marketplace unless you win first in the workplace. If you don't have a winning culture… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
All of us introverts aspire to be more outgoing, but it's not in our nature. When I was nearly 50, I discovered that the… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
You have the opportunity to make a tremendous impact on the lives of the people with whom you work and live. Make the most… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
If you're a wounded company, the other companies that have been around for a hundred years will smell it, and they will take advantage… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
Most people that derail as leaders in the corporate world, it's not because they couldn't do the math and calculate return on investment properly.… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
Too many leaders are so caught up in the momentum of work that they lose sight of the opportunity to connect with people. I… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
Courage means feeling all those hard human emotions - all that uncertainty and anxiety - and getting the job done anyway. — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
Most people think of leaders as being these outgoing, very visible, and charismatic people, which I find to be a very narrow perception. The… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
