Regardless of your role within a company, these quotes concerning management and leadership are most definitely thought provoking!
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~John Quincy Adams
“Don’t confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but doesn’t make any progress.” ~Alfred Montapert
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” ~Albert Einstein
“The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all – doing nothing.” -Ben Franklin
“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.” -John Maxwell
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” ~Robert Collier
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
“If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.” ~Malcolm Gladwell
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” ~Jack Welch
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” ~ Peter T. Mcintyre
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ~Abraham Lincoln
“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” ~ J.Rohn
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” ~Benjamin Franklin
“Great leaders not only never throw anyone under the bus, but actively throw themselves under the bus in place of their staff.” ~The Manager’s Diary II: Step Up Before Your Employees Step Down
“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.” -John Maxwell
“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.” ~John C Maxwell
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, you need a team.” ~John Wooden
“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick people whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.” ~Unknown
“While your poor performers may need more training, more structure, and more coaching, your best performers need more recognition, praise and team-building.” ~from The Manager’s Diary: Thinking Outside the Cubicle
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” ~Albert Einstein
“Never be afraid to try, remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.” ~Anonymous
Source: The Manager’s Diary
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Article by Michael Haltman, President of Hallmark Abstract Service in New York.
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