Tag: Commitment

‘How Decisive Leaders Execute Strategy Despite Obstacles…’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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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

Thriving In A Chaotic World

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

‘When we aspire toward intimacy with what matters to us, we overcome alienation and disconnection and feel more at home in the world.’

‘Working on concrete tasks with objective and measurable results is a source of deep satisfaction and helps to keep us humble and grounded.’

‘By building multiple rooms in your identity house, you become less fragile, gain resilience, and bolster yourself against setbacks.’

‘It is important that your goals align with your values.’

‘Worry less about heroic days and more about creating a heroic body of work.’

‘Show up every day and give what you’ve got.’

‘Whenever possible, keep it simple and be wary of hiding behind complexity.’

‘You don’t need to feel good to get going; you need to get going to give yourself a chance to feel good.’

‘The more stress in your life, the more you should try to offset it with rest.’

‘Rest and renewal do not come at the expense of your primary pursuit; they are integral parts of your primary pursuit and your commitment to excellence.’

‘Never prejudge performance.’

Source:

Brad Stulberg (2026). The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World