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Diary Entry #161 – Over-Communicate or You Risk Not Communicating Enough 27 Aug 2013 | 03:10 am
“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity” ~Tom Peters “Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periph...
Diary Entry #160 – You Are The Shock Absorber 25 Aug 2013 | 03:10 am
“Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence in how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.” ~Tom Landry “If you don’t understand that you work for your misl...
Diary Entry #159 – It Only Takes Two Seconds to be a Better Manager 23 Aug 2013 | 03:10 am
“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through – then follow through.” – Edward Rickenbacker “Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.” – Tim F....
Diary Entry #158 – Don’t Even Think About Reading This 21 Aug 2013 | 03:10 am
“Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.” ~Tacitus “Strong reasons make strong actions.”–Shakespeare So why are you here now? The message was clear that you shouldn’t be reading this righ...
Diary Entry #157 – Don’t Fall in Love With Your Plan 19 Aug 2013 | 03:10 am
“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” ~Thomas A. Edison “It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.” ~Publilius Syrus Too often when we imple...
Diary Entry #156 – Get in the Habit of Turning Off Your Smartphone 17 Aug 2013 | 04:29 am
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” -Ernest Hemingway “The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity” ~Tom Peters There ...
Diary Entry #155 – Checklists Aren’t Just for Airplane Take-Offs 12 Aug 2013 | 10:43 am
“One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people’s excuses for failure.” ~Robert Townsend “Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… l....
Diary Entry #154 – Flexible Strategy over Rampant Prediction 23 Jul 2013 | 03:16 am
“Success is less a function of grandiose predictions than it is a result of being able to respond rapidly to changes as they occur.” ~Jack Welch “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ~B...
Most Retweeted Quotes From Last Week 21 Jul 2013 | 03:10 am
“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 “In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: ...
Diary Entry #153 – Fresh Ideas from the Un-involved 20 Jul 2013 | 03:10 am
“Don’t cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!” ~Stephen Covey “The great leaders are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes ...
