Category Archives: Change

You need…

You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.

– Warren Bennis

You are…

You are educated.

Your certification is in your degree.

You may think of it as the ticket to the good life.

Let me ask you to think of an alternative.

Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

– Tom Brokaw

You…

You may not be able to change a situation, but with humour you can change your attitude about it.

– Allen Klein

All blame…

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.

– Casey Stengel

If…

If you want what you’re saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it.

– Maya Angelou

You cannot…

You cannot build an adaptable organisation without adaptable people and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.

– Gary Hamel

Leaders….

Leaders can help employees connect with and relate to people across organisational divides by doing four things:

  • developing and developing cultural brokers
  • encouraging employees to ask questions
  • helping people to see things through other peoples’ eyes
  • broadening everybody’s vision of internal & external expertise networks

– Tiziana Casciaro, Amy C.Edmondson & Sujin Jang (HBR May-June 2019)

We are…

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

–  Katharine Hepburn

So many…

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

– Christopher McCandless

One of…

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

– Jim Yong Kim