‘How Decisive Leaders Execute Strategy Despite Obstacles…’

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Your strategy is not what you say it is. Your strategy is where you put your resources.’

‘An organization chart is never about people. It’s about what needs to get done.’

‘When companies try to support an artificially high, unsupportable expense target, they can’t do anything well.’

Individuals can be more productive working at home, but teams can’t’-

Patty Azzarello

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‘If there are no new resources to be added, the ability to do new stuff requires taking resources from old stuff. Simple but difficult.’

‘A company can be really clear about what it wants to accomplish, yet struggle to articulate the specific tasks that will make those goals come true.’

‘You can lead a transformation from the top, but you can’t implement a transformation from the top.’

Patty Azzarello

‘As a leader, you need to demonstrate your commitment to the transformation with every decision that you make every single day.’

Your job as a leader is not to make the best of the team you have, but to build the team you need.’

‘Success lies in getting the whole organization to feel personal ownership in the transformation.

‘Employees who know why their work matters do a better job.’

Source:

Patty Azzarello (2017). Move: How Decisive Leaders Execute Strategy Despite Obstacles, Setbacks, & Stalls

‘Doubt Your Limits, Not Your Abilities’

‘Ignore the haters. They will always be there, but you decide whether or not to let them drag you down.’

‘Embrace that you need to be positive to help the people around you thrive. You can choose to be the person who lifts others up, or the person who brings them down.’

‘Find the silver lining. If you can’t see there is potential good in a situation, you can’t make it happen.’

‘If you are going to spend any of your precious energy doubting something, doubt your limits, not your abilities.’

‘Opportunity is all around you, but if you are too busy gawking at obstacles, you’ll be blinded to those opportunities.’

‘It’s amazing how much better everyone else gets when you work on yourself.’

‘Nothing is more powerful than a positive mind.’

‘Opportunity doesn’t come knocking on your schedule. Good things come to those who persist.’

‘Lighten up and get going. If you don’t go the right way immediately, so what? Just dust yourself off, find the humor, and give it another go.’

‘Don’t think about what is possible for the person you used to be last year. Instead, think about what is possible for the person you want to become.’

Source:

Jessica Dilullo Herrin (2016). Find Your Extraordinary: Dream Bigger, Live Happier, and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms