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“Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.” – Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux I’m fortunate to spend most of my day in the company of successful leaders of great [...]

“Most people prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty.” – Virginia Satir We spend a lot of time in the change arena talking about what we need to do as leaders in creating and [...]

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson I spend a most of my time working with people and organizations trying to help them make change. Our goal is to [...]

“If you start to think the problem is ‘out there,’ stop yourself. That thought is the problem. – Stephen Covey One of the best parts of my career is having the opportunity to listen to leaders of [...]

“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” – Theodore Roosevelt I recently was fortunate to be asked by a client of ours to meet with a prospective new employee. [...]

“If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” – John D. Rockefeller, Jr. I’ve had a number of conversations lately that [...]

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn There are a lot of leaders out there who [...]

“Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have, [...]

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” – Maya Angelou Last week in this space the topic was our beliefs and attitude and how those [...]

“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt The past few posts in this space (here and here) have spent some time on the [...]