"It would be counterproductive to tell people exactly……" — Douglas Conant
"It would be counterproductive to tell people exactly what they are supposed to do and exactly how they are supposed to do it to a point where they become more concerned about your expectations than about completing their work in a quality way."
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Douglas Conant
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18 Quotes by Douglas Conant
Douglas Conant has 18 quotes on this site.
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To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.
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You can't talk your way out of something you behaved your way into. You have to behave your way out…
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Ultimately as a leader, you're evaluated on how you interact with people. If you do it well, you develop a…
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Even a brief interaction can change the way people think about themselves, their leaders, and the future. Each of those…
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The action is in the interaction.
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When I arrived at Campbell on January 8, 2001, the company had lost half its market value in the prior…
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I have a foundational belief that business results start with culture and your people.
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Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get…
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On a personal level, I send out about 20 thank-you notes a day to staffers, on all levels. And every…
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Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.
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Most people think of leaders as being these outgoing, very visible, and charismatic people, which I find to be a…
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You have to talk about mistakes and then talk about what you have learned and how to move forward. You…
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I want completing the single market to be our driving mission. I want us to be at the forefront of…
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Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the…
— John Carmack
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Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything…
— Nikola Tesla
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In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.
— Joseph Priestley
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The scene fascinated me: a round straw hat; the funnel leaning left, the stairway leaning right; the white drawbridge, its…
— Alfred Stieglitz
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Each time I do a trilogy it's ten years out of my life. I'll finish Episode III and I'll be…
— George Lucas
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Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby.
— John le Carre
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Humanity is regarded as unfinished, incomplete, imperfect. We have the possibility of completing ourselves, perfecting ourselves, and all that is…
— Maurice Nicoll
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There is nothing more rewarding than completing a goal you have set for yourself.
— Jerry Seinfeld
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Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out…
— Matthieu Ricard
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In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no…
— Joseph Priestley
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You need not see what someone is doing to know if it is his vocation, you have only to watch…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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