Quotes by Consultants - Page 9

Good leaders know who they are—their strengths, weaknesses, passions, talents, and values. And, developing leaders always starts with self-awareness.
Lee Ellis
Fearful leaders side-step issues instead of dealing with them, cover up mistakes instead of owning up to mistakes; they skulk back into the shadows and hope that the crisis—whatever it is—will somehow blow over instead of facing their fears. Worse, they resort to lies and deception to cover up the truth.
Lee Ellis
...while extraordinary products and unique services still afford a competitive advantage, the one advantage that stands the test of time...is people.
Mark Salsbury
Somewhere along the line, Made in China began to sound like a bargain. (...) When an importer told a retail buyer that an item was quoted at 65¢ and made in the USA, the buyer figured it could be purchased somewhere cheaper. When the same product was quoted at 65¢ and was said to have been made in China the buyer figured it could not be found for any less.
Paul Midler
If some musicians put half as much effort in to the business side as they do their outer look and appearances, they could be twice as far.
Loren Weisman
Focus your business on what you do best. Let everyone else worry about the rest.
Kevin Stirtz
You may create a inspirational & visually resplendent strategy map but without accountability its value is specious
Paul R. Niven
Only move forward with creating a product that will be "above the bar.
Brian Lawley
Don't focus all your time and effort on creating the templates & perfecting the documents. Answering key product questions is more critical.
Brian Lawley
Forget "six degrees of separation" today it's "six degrees of CONNECTION.
Morag Barrett
The more you engage and connect, the more engagement and connections you will have.
Loren Weisman
You have to work on the business first before it works for you.
Idowu Koyenikan
Learn the rules and learn the game, before you start breaking the rules and changing the game. Your education, experience and understanding of what was and what is, will give you the best foundation to change what will be.
Loren Weisman
67% of all shoppers intend to return home with the item they are shopping for, but that only 24% actually do so.
Roy H. Williams
The fate of your company is in the hands of your people. Train them well.
Roy H. Williams
Technology and technology-driven change has virtually nothing to do with igniting a transformation from good to great
James C. Collins
It's not everyone that likes RnB, Hippop or Hiplife. However, each of them has their fans. Meaning not everyone will like you as a person, your ideologies or your business.But if you persist and strategically position yourself, then you will attract a segment of the market that loves everything about you.
Oscar Bimpong
By digitizing a traditionally analog business model or process, we're effectively turning it into bits and atoms and enabling an infinite variety of possibilities.
Nicholas D. Evans
You have no idea how destructive and wasteful your infrastructure is because you don't need to use it the way the workforce does... Drive the forklift, use the database, fill out the form, submit it to HR, and find out how long it takes to get a response. Use your own infrastructure.
Bill Jensen
Good is the enemy of great
Jim Collins
I don't know where we should take this company, but I do know that if I start with the right people, ask them the right questions, and engage them in vigorous debate, we will find a way to make this company great.
James C. Collins
Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes -- while no becoming an extremist. ... **Most companies don't do paradox very well.**(emphasis by author)[2002] p.25f
Gary Hamel
When [what you are deeply passionate about, what you can be best in the world at and what drives your economic engine] come together, not only does your work move toward greatness, but so does your life. For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then, you might gain that rare tranquility that comes from knowing that you’ve had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time here on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.
James C. Collins
The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.
James C. Collins
When you have everything in life, you have friends, when you have nothing, you have true friends. The fact that somebody is close to you does mean they are your friend. Be wise!
Oscar Bimpong
Upgrading one's imagination about what is possible is always a leap of faith.
Clay Shirky
I have a habit of letting my imagination run away from me. It always comes back though . . . drenched with possibilities.
Valaida Fullwood
To be slightly evil is to embrace life.
Venkatesh G. Rao
We cannot escape most of the crises in our lives, nor should we. In fact, these events frequently provide the energy for movement on our spiritual journey, even when we are stuck along the way... we ask questions about our own life. We wonder about meaning. Our present view may become inadequate. We ask deeper questions. Even joyful experiences can propel us forward.
Janet O. Hagberg
The Sun Tzu School Ping-fa Directive. Be strong and continually aware. Manage your strength and that of others. When essential, engage on your terms. Be observant, adaptive, and subtle. Do not lose control. Act decisively. Conclude quickly. Don't Fight!
David G. Jones
Trust is the residue of promises fulfilled.
Frank Navran
Train leaders in behaviors that promote trust and respect. Bust existing silos and focus on what’s best for the project.
Eunice Parisi-Carew
You build a great network by first offering your services to others, and by so doing, winning their interest. This is the foundation of building trust and creating a platform for them to invest in you in a reciprocal manner, such that it becomes a win-win situation.
Oscar Bimpong
No quality or characteristic is more important than trust
Patrick Lencioni
Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens 'till parents stop clenching their fists around precious things and people, let go, & trust God!
Gary Patton
Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.
Patrick Lencioni
Turning up our light in the presence of those whose light is dim becomes the difference that makes the difference.
Eric Allenbaugh
There is no denying that there is evil in this world but the light will always conquer the darkness.
Idowu Koyenikan
In a world of rapid change, we each need to garner as much useful information as possible, sort through it in a way that meets our unique circumstances, calibrate it with what we already know, and re-circulate it with others who share our goals.
Marcia Conner
We define learning as the transformative process of taking in information that, when internalized and mixed with what we have experienced, changes what we know and builds on what we can do. It’s based on input, process, and reflection. It is what changes us.
Marcia Conner
Training often gives people solutions to problems already solved. Collaboration addresses challenges no one has overcome before.
Marcia Conner
By bringing together people who share interests, no matter their location or time zone, social media has the potential to transform the workplace into an environment where learning is as natural as it is powerful.
Marcia Conner
Social tools leave a digital audit trail, documenting our learning journey—often an unfolding story—and leaving a path for others to follow.
Marcia Conner
In what is known as the 70/20/10 learning concept, Robert Eichinger and Michael Lombardo, in collaboration with Morgan McCall of the Center for Creative Leadership, explain that 70 percent of learning and development takes place from real-life and on-the-job experiences, tasks, and problem solving; 20 percent of the time development comes from other people through informal or formal feedback, mentoring, or coaching; and 10 percent of learning and development comes from formal training.
Marcia Conner
Formal learning is like riding a bus: the driver decides where the bus is going; the passengers are along for the ride. Informal learning is like riding a bike: the rider chooses the destination, the speed, and the route.
Jay Cross
In a human development sense, our understanding of leadership has essentially “grown up” and moved past personal ego and a self-centered view of things.
Linda Fisher Thornton
There is no check-box for ethical leadership. It is an ongoing individual and organizational journey. We will never know everything that there is to know.
Linda Fisher Thornton
A person's integrity develops early in life. Once formed, it is difficult to alter, change, or improve.
Scott K. Edinger
Your mistakes aren’t learning experiences…if you aren’t learning from them.
Loren Weisman
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming
Everything you want in life is a relationship away.
Idowu Koyenikan
Time management is about life management.
Idowu Koyenikan
See yourself as a long-term work in progress, not a short-term project of preservation.
Oli Anderson
She inhaled a worry. She exhaled a prayer." Mary Lou Quinlan, author
Mary Lou Quinlan
My mother knew when to listen and when to pray and when to help. I wonder hoy many people knew the compassion Mary Finlayson held for them and how hard, in the privacy of her God Box, she prayed for them and their struggles.
Mary Lou Quinlan
Lord, help us to choose humility over pride. Help us to choose love over our reputation. Help us to choose patience over making a point, and your Word over our feelings. Lord, help us to choose perseverance over the easy way out.
Andrena Sawyer
As believers, our reaction to crisis reveals our heart toward God.
Andrena Sawyer
When you do the things in the present that you can see, you are shaping the future that you are yet to see.
Idowu Koyenikan
The thinking that says, 'I will start building my ideal future tomorrow, or next week, or next month,' is fatally flawed. The future you are going to live is the one you are creating right now at this very moment.
Brian P. Moran
Believe in yourself, don't let no man define your future, work hard at your trade as if no man exist to help you and focus should be your lens against distractions.
Oscar Bimpong