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.
About half a year later, the company is experiencing a dip in sales, combined with serious product problems. The manager quickly opens the second envelope. The message read, “Reorganize!” This he does, and the company quickly rebounds.
Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third envelope. The message inside says, “Prepare three envelopes.”
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
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
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