Dividers seek to make themselves look or feel better by making others feel worse. They damage relationships, fracture teams and organizations, and create havoc in people's lives.
Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.
For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.
Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.
Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.
You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.
The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.
Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.
Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it's almost always due to personal growth.
How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.
A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.
Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.
Everything rises and falls on leadership.
The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.
Keeping score is for games, not friendships.
Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.
