Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them.

Instead of waiting for a leader you can believe in, try this: Become a leader you can believe in.

Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.

Profitability. Growth. Quality. Exceeding customer expectations. These are not examples of values. These are examples of corporate strategies being sold to you as values.

Your values are your essence: an undistorted mirror showing you at your pure, attractive best.

As dogs are to bark, some people are to mock.

When you’re not on your own agenda, you’re prey to the agenda of others.

Managers know what they want most: to be allowed to achieve success by leveraging who they are, not by compromising it.

When you’re a manager, you work for your company. When you’re a leader, your company works for you.

Your dreams and the dreams of your company may be different, but they are in no way incompatible.

The purpose of leadership is to change the world around you in the name of your values, so you can live those values more fully.

Let’s get right on top of the bottom line: You must live your personal values at work.

Our state of wellness determines our response to any situation. Never allow the busyness of life to distract you from taking care of your well being.

Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone.

To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to life.

You can stuff yourself with emotional fulfillment until it’s dribbling down your chin & your ego will quickly chomp it down and demand more.

Emotional commitment is a personal choice. Managers understand this even if their companies don’t.

Work/life balance is not about escaping work. It’s about living exactly the way you want to when you’re at work.

Management controls performance in people because it impacts skills; it’s a matter of monitoring, analyzing and directing.

The code-of-ethics playlist:o Treat your colleagues, family, and friends with respect, dignity, fairness, and courtesy.o Pride yourself in the diversity of your experience and know that you have a lot to offer.o Commit to creating...

A manager’s emotional commitment is the ultimate trigger for their discretionary effort, worth more than financial, intellectual & physical commitment combined.

Companies should be the best possible place to practice fulfillment, to live out values and to realize deep connectivity and purpose.

The economy is in ruins! Bottom line? Good management will defeat a bad economy.

This is your one and only precious life. Somebody’s going to decide how it’s going to be lived and that person had better be you.