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“I don’t want features, I want value. I don’t want benefits, I want value.” – Jeffrey Gitomer I recently had a conversation with a client about recruiting. They’ve been looking to fill a position [...]

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi One of the most common failings I run into with leaders is a lack of interest in [...]

“Innovation without execution is hallucination.” – Thomas Edison One of the most commonly used words in any conversation around business these days is innovation. Everybody wants to be [...]

“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” – John Wooden I recently had the good fortune of spending time with a client of ours who’s been successful for many [...]

“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know.” – W. H. Auden Pride can be a valuable thing. It can motivate us to achieve great things. It can keep [...]

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt We talk a lot in this space about planning and vision and all those kinds of good things. It’s critical [...]

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas.” – Steve Jobs One of the things [...]

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe I’m going to at least moderately break on of my own personal rules today. I [...]

“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 [...]