Tag: Organization

How To Develop Your People

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Leadership
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‘A good manager makes things better. If you manage with excellence, over time even the doubters will recognize … that they are better off, and they will support you in your new role.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘To bring about rapid change, you must be prepared to replace employees who cannot or will not be a part of the future the organization envisions. Do it compassionately, but do it swiftly. Be proactive in helping new employees build positive relationships quickly.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘People will have reasonable questions that you cannot answer. Do not be defensive about that. Accept it as part of the change process, and express confidence that you will figure out the answer together.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘When an employee brings you an idea, you are in a learning moment. Do not shoot it down. Make time to discusss the possible consequences, both good and bad. Be open to the possibility that it might be worth a try. If you engage in an open-minded discussion, or if you try the idea, somebody will learn something. It might be you.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘Speak only positively about people who are absent. If you do not have something positve to say, follow the advice your mother gave you and say nothing. This will enhance your moral authority, build trust with your people, and improve your culture.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘When you exert moral authority, your capacity to influence others increases dramatically, thus improving your ability to help them grow as human beings. This is the most powerful way to shape a culture.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘Your employees expect you to hold people accounatble. The way you respond to poor performance must be thoughtfully tailored to each situation.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘Encouraging employees to have fun at work while maintaining a focus on high performance builds closer relationships, improves engagement, and increases productivity.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘Discussion is not enough. As the manager, you must walk the talk.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘To build an extraordinary team, sometimes you have to let someone go.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘Empowerment accelerates change.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘When people are more empowered, more learning occurs, whether their suggestions work or not.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘The more decisions employees are empowered to make, the higher their level of job satisfaction, the greater their degree of engagement, the more they learn, and the greater the likelihood of retaining them.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

‘People do not lose respect for you because you become friends with some employees. They lose respect when you decide not to do your job as a manager.’- Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage

If You Want To Boost Your Creativity, You Must Read These Quotes

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivational Quotes, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Workplace Creativity, Workplace productivity
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‘Having a grasp of how to apply our deeper passions to the work we do is the significant difference between doing work that’s simply good and doing work that’s brilliant.’- Todd Henry

‘Comfort is frequently the enemy of greatness. When you choose to default to comfort, you are choosing to be less affective in your life.’- Todd Henry

‘No matter what you say about your priorities, where you spend money and your time will prove them out.’- Todd Henry

‘To spend our time effectively means that we are willing to view out time as a portfolio of investments, not as a slot machine.’- Todd Henry

‘Growth is uncomfortable, but without the discomfort our capacity doesn’t remain the same, it shrinks.’- Todd Henry

‘Making a break from thinking about ourselves and our problems for a while often frees up insight that is lurking just beneath the surface.’- Todd Henry

‘While our minds are unparalleled in their capacity to experience and assimilate information, they also have a limited bandwidth for doing so.’- Todd Henry

‘When you are planning your life, you need to account for every commitment you make in every area.’- Todd Henry

‘If the young growth isn’t prunned back, the vine will bear less fruit and eventually produce none at all.’- Todd Henry

‘Innovation is the collective grasp for ‘next’, and it’s always built on the work of those who went before.’- Todd Henry

‘Sometimes others can give you perspective on projects or show you potential solutions that you’ve overlooked.’- Todd Henry

‘There are enough limitations in place thanks to your organization, your peers, and your clients; you don’t need to limit yourself, too.’- Todd Henry

‘The more opaque the decision-making process, the more likely that misinterpretation and misalignment will follow.’- Todd Henry

‘When it comes to your effectiveness, fake work is often more dangerous than no work at all.’- Todd Henry

‘To attempt to be perpetually brilliant and increasingly productive, without changing the basic habits and structure of your life to accommodate that undertaking, is a futile effort.’- Todd Henry

‘Anyone can improve his ability to generate good ideas consistently if willing to be a little more purposeful in how to approach the creative process.’- Todd Henry

‘If you want to deliver the right idea at the right moment, you must begin the process far upstream from when you need that idea.’- Todd Henry