A new manager spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing. On the last day the departing manager tells him, “I have left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can’t solve.”
Three months down the road there is a major drama, everything goes wrong - the usual stuff - and the manager feels very threatened by it all. He remembers the parting words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope. The message inside says, “Blame your predecessor!” He does and gets off the hook. Character is what you think in the dark. - Dwight L. Moody A team is a reflection of its leadership. - Unknown Perfection is impossible. Excellence is not. - Rob Feenie Confidence is the hinge on the door to success. - Mary O'Hare Dumas Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre. - Joseph Joubert Lead me not into temptation. I can find the way myself. - Rita Mae Brown Public behavior is merely private character writ large. - Stephen Covey Management is a practice where art, science, and craft meet. - Henry Mintzberg The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. - Confucius If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job. - Tom Landry You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think. - Milton Berle If you want to lead the orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd. - Max Lucado The confidence of ignorance will always overcome indecision of knowledge. - Unknown Only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts. - Albert Einstein The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. - Ralph Nader The best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. - Carlos Ghosn Be stubbornly committed to your team, but flexible in your leadership style. - Jo Miller The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity. - Zig Ziglar You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. - Ronald Reagan Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love. - Mahavira Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time. - Elbert Green Hubbard Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself. - Khalid Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. - Aeschylus Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. - H. Jackson Brown Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln The lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is exactly identical. - Murray Walker Conscientious Woman: One who never breaks a confidence without first imposing the strictest secrecy - Daffynitions joe-ks.com Leaders come in two flavors: expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both. - Barbara Corcoran Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve. - Tom Landry What we value shapes our character and will ultimately define how we lead, or whether we can lead at all. - Unknown Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions. - Earl Gray Stevens Perseverance alone does not assure success. No amount of stalking will lead to game in a field that has none. - I Ching I would like to thank Tetris for providing me with the skills to jam as many dishes as possibly into my dishwasher. - Herb Pankratz True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie. - A.W. Tozer Being confident with what you do drives you to achieve your goals, work at your best and overcome any challenges that come your way. - Matt Morris The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. - Agha Hasan Abedi The greatness of a man is not how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. - Bob Marley No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead. - Gail Carson Levine A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh. - Conan O'Brien see also Business, Stress & Work Sections Employee Happiness Kit Government Measurement Master Reference Binder Revised Company Policy |
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