Quote of the Week: Not getting where you want to get?

In celebration of National Bike to Work Day,  our Leadership Quote of the Week includes a bike.  At least – a picture of one.

Not getting where you want to get?

Many quotes could accompany this picture.  Read more

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Quote of the Week: Everyone is a Genius

Here’s a great one.  Spoken like a genius.

Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life thinking it is stupid.

A nice reminder for leaders everywhere

Are there any fish on your team who are expected to climb trees?

What to do about it? Read more

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Quote of the Week: It’s not what you know

A message to leaders and workers and graduates everywhere…

It's not what you know.

Read more about it at:  It’s not what you know.

P.S.  If you were hoping for something more Mother’s Day-ish, see last year’s Quote of the Week for Managers & Mothers Day.  On that same page, you will also find Management Lessons from Mom and other tips and tools to for remembering and celebrating the wisdom of our Moms.

Happy Graduation and Happy Mothers Day.

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Quote of the Week: Skies are blue…

On the last day of National Poetry Month, our Leadership Quote of the Week is a poem of sorts.

Skies are blue. Flowers smell good. Dogs are vicious. People are nice. Games are fun. Generalizations are dangerous.

Generalizations often guide decisions and actions – and may cause us to overlook people and projects that are rich with possibility. Read more

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Quote of the Week: The Craving To Be Appreciated

In celebration of Administrative Professionals Week(this week) and Day(April 25), our Leadership Quote of the Week is:

The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Appreciate team members frequently (not just this week)  and watch morale and productivity soar.

For tips and ideas for appreciating and celebrating – this week and beyond -

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Quote of the Week: On Eagles & Hippos

Our quotes have been loaded with animals this month.  Frogs, snakes, worms. And now eagles and hippos.  They speak not a word but say so much.  Even more with the help of “interpreters” like Carl Sandburg.

Get Off the Log

Both soaring and wallowing can be an enjoyable and productive use of time. Read more

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Quote of the Week: Kill the Snake of Doubt

Still sitting there?

Don’t feel bad.  Perhaps you just like the scenery.  But if you don’t…what’s your answer to #9 in 10 Questions to Help You JUMP or Get Off the Log?

This week’s quote – sent to me by long time Business Class subscriber, Sue Ivy – addresses what to do about two very common answers to question #9 – What is holding you back?

Get Off the Log

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How to kill the snake of doubt and crush the worms of fear?  Read more

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Quote of the Week for National Frog Month

In celebration of National Frog Month in April – and as a nice follow up to National Procrastinators Week – our Leadership Quote of the Week is this favorite and frequently needed reminder.

Get Off the Log

 

In the opening of their book, Five Frogs on a Log, authors Mark Feldman & Michael Spratt posed this question: Read more

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Quote of the Week: Silly & Intelligent

March 26, 2012 · Filed Under 2 Little Time, Be a Better Manager, Get 2 Goal, Quote of the Week · Comment 

This week’s quote is from Ludwig Wittgenstein, a fascinating philosopher who lived from 1889 – 1951.

If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Does this mean Wittgenstein would have supported silly April Fools pranks and celebrations like Sorry Charlie Day and Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day?    Silliness that leads to laughter.  De-stressing us.  Connecting us.  Lightening Read more

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Quote of the Week from The Boss

March 19, 2012 · Filed Under Be a Better Manager, Get 2 Goal, Quote of the Week · Comment 

Bruce Springsteen, The Boss of Rock & Roll,  just started his “Wrecking Ball” concert tour this weekend.   I’m lucky enough to live near a town lucky enough to be one of the stops on this concert tour – AND lucky enough to get to go.  That’s what inspired me to choose a Bruce Springsteen quote to feature this week.

Here it is – from his song entitled “Lucky Town”.

What a perfect post-St. Patrick’s Day quote.  Though most of us hope for the luck of the Irish, or luck of any sort, to bring us a pot, or even a piece, of gold, we know the boss is right, don’t we?   That we have to  – or get to – make our own luck.  Most of the time anyway.

To “make” that luck, Read more

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