Continual improvisation on a theme is a more useful way to think of how to bring the various parts of life together. — Stewart D. Friedman Improvisation Copy Share Image
The principles that apply to engagement for employees are the same as those that apply to supervisors. — Stewart D. Friedman Employee Copy Share Image
The act of envisioning is mainly useful as a means for identifying what matters most to you now. — Stewart D. Friedman Envisioning Copy Share Image
Firms that fully embrace the needs and interests of the whole person will win today's competition for the best talent. — Stewart D. Friedman Competition Copy Share Image
People of all ages, but especially young people, require work that as meaning, or social value. Since they're not getting the kind… — Stewart D. Friedman Age Copy Share Image
Family, community, and the realm of the private self - your mind, body, and spirit - are all important sources of the… — Stewart D. Friedman Body Copy Share Image
People struggle most with seeing new ways of doing things and often need help in breaking through their tradition-bound mindsets. — Stewart D. Friedman Bounds Copy Share Image
When employers no longer offer secure full-time employment with benefits, then it's hard to expect employees to be loyal, engaged, and maximally… — Stewart D. Friedman Benefits Copy Share Image
Business schools must make the issues of leadership, teamwork, and culture a clearly visible priority if we are to maintain legitimacy and… — Stewart D. Friedman Business Copy Share Image
The only failure is the failure to learn from conscious and deliberate efforts to make things better, even if those attempts fall… — Stewart D. Friedman Conscious Copy Share Image
Invest in helping people know what matters to them and who matters to them (and why), and encourage them to continually experiment… — Stewart D. Friedman Done Copy Share Image
I find that many people have a hard time, at first, in painting a compelling image of an achievable future; to envision… — Stewart D. Friedman Commit Copy Share Image
Women make up half our workforce and this has an impact at home on spouses and children. This means the workplace must… — Stewart D. Friedman Caregivers Copy Share Image
The more attention we can devote to helping developing leaders tune in to their core values - drawing on their real experience… — Stewart D. Friedman Aspiration Copy Share Image
You really can choose to be the leader you want to be, in all parts of your life, if you take seriously… — Stewart D. Friedman Effort Copy Share Image
Managing the boundaries between work and the rest of our lives - family, community, and the private self - is now a… — Stewart D. Friedman Boundaries Copy Share Image
Instead of the metaphor of scales in balance, I prefer the idea of a jazz quartet: you're trying to make music that… — Stewart D. Friedman Balance Copy Share Image
The key to overcoming resistance to change is to frame your actions and continually adjust them as you move forward to so… — Stewart D. Friedman Action Copy Share Image
My research and practice indicates that people need to be doing work they love and to love the work they do. They… — Stewart D. Friedman Care Copy Share Image
Executives are afraid of losing control if subordinates try to roam too far. Conversely, hierarchy squelches talent by forcing rote standardization through… — Stewart D. Friedman Experimentation Copy Share Image
"Leading" is about mobilizing people toward valued goals. — Stewart D. Friedman Goal Copy Share Image
No one can have it all, at the same time. I've never seen that. — Stewart D. Friedman Seen Copy Share Image
I've been writing for decades that balance is an inapt metaphor as it necessarily entails tradeoffs. — Stewart D. Friedman Balance Copy Share Image
Of course that's the best way to continue to learn anything: Try to teach it! — Stewart D. Friedman Best way Copy Share Image
Knowing what matters most, what I call "being real," is the alpha and omega for leaders. — Stewart D. Friedman Alpha and omega Copy Share Image
We all want to have a rich and meaningful work life and a fulfilling life beyond work. — Stewart D. Friedman Fulfilling Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do, despite the innumerable obstacles we confront, is to not try. — Stewart D. Friedman Adversity Copy Share Image
If you're searching for "work/life balance" you'll always be disappointed because "balance" connotes a zero-sum equation. — Stewart D. Friedman Balance Copy Share Image
I believe each life has value and that we're on this earth to leave it better than how we found it. I… — Stewart D. Friedman Believe Copy Share Image
Michelle Obama is a powerful example of someone who has learned how to align her actions with her values, manage boundaries across… — Stewart D. Friedman Action Copy Share Image
Curiosity about the world and questioning of the status quo to open minds to alternative visions of the future are essential leadership… — Stewart D. Friedman Alternatives Copy Share Image
My purpose is to help people understand that leadership skills are useful and relevant for pursuing meaningful aspirations in all aspects of… — Stewart D. Friedman Aspect Copy Share Image
Young men now want to be caregivers as well as earners so they have joined with women in demanding a different compact… — Stewart D. Friedman Caregivers Copy Share Image
I am very gratified to have lived to see a revolution in the field of work/life: Everyone - men and women, employees… — Stewart D. Friedman Employee Copy Share Image
If you shift your mindset to asking "How can I initiate change that's good for my family, and my community, and my… — Stewart D. Friedman Asking Copy Share Image
In my talks in organizations around the world I ask, "What kind of leadership do we need now?" The most common responses… — Stewart D. Friedman Adaptable Copy Share Image
