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“Your company really has to work for you before you’ll really work for your company.”

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“Values are deeply held personal beliefs that form your own priority code for living.”

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“Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone.”

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“True leaders live their values everywhere, not just in the workplace.”

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“The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.”

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“Man is born to dream, to be enlightened, to connect and to be fulfilled. Managers are too.”

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“You can’t sell it outside if you can’t sell it inside.”

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“Let’s get right on top of the bottom line: You must live your personal values at work.”

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“Companies should be the best possible place to practice fulfillment, to live out values and to realize deep connectivity and purpose.”

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“Work/life balance is not about escaping work. It’s about living exactly the way you want to when you’re at work.”

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“Why live my personal values at work? This is an excellent question to ask. If your attorneys are planning an insanity defense.”

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“The worst thing in your own development as a leader is not to do it wrong. It’s to do it for the…

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“No manager wants success completely defined on the company’s terms. They want success defined by their own terms too.”

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“It’s impossible for a company to get what it wants most if managers have to make a choice between their own values…

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“A company can’t buy true emotional commitment from managers no matter how much it’s willing to spend; this is something too valuable…

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“What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their…

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“Unfortunately, there’s no law against being smart and living stupid, no matter how harmful it may be to you. You can unknowingly…

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“Instead of waiting for a leader you can believe in, try this: Become a leader you can believe in.”

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“What first separates a leader from a normal human being? A leader knows who they are as a human being.”

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“Careful now: even a financially rewarding, intellectually stimulating work environment isn’t the same as living your own values.”

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“Leadership creates performance in people because it impacts willingness; it’s a matter of modeling, inspiring, and reinforcing.”

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“You can stuff yourself with emotional fulfillment until it’s dribbling down your chin & your ego will quickly chomp it down and…

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“Here’s what you need to know most about leadership: Lead your own life first. The only thing in this world that will…

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“Success means: I want to know the work I do means something to somebody and helps make the world, if not a…

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“Most managers have plenty of emotional commitment to give to their jobs. If they can be convinced it’s safe and sensible to…

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“To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to…

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“The question is not how to get managers’ emotional commitment but why manager’s don’t give it even if they like their company.”

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“Leaders are people who know exactly who they are. They know exactly where they want to go. They’re hell-bent on getting there.”

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“There is no safe container to store your values while you’re at work; not living your deepest values will leak on you”

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“When rewards come from an external source instead of an internal source, they’re unreliable, which means they’re dangerous if you grow to…

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“The personal values managers reported being the most under pressure to compromise to do their jobs successfully: 1. Family 2. Integrity.”

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