Whether it's a nation or a company, practical ideals produce tangible results. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Tell people that they're brilliant and give them room to prove it for long enough, and they'll show you brilliance every time. We're not smarter than any other race of people. We're just encouraged to go for it. That makes all the difference in the world.
If you want your company to succeed, focus on developing benefits that your market will want to pay for. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Class consciousness is incredibly limiting. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
When there's something in it for everyone, you'll have powerful forces at your disposal. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
If your people don't learn to lighten up and have a good time, all their hard work and extra effort will run your company straight into the ground.
The world is a very competitive place and business is no exception (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Never underestimate the power of a good party. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
No matter what you do for a living, change will always be a constant in your universe. The best way to manage these little adventures is to develop an attitude of mobility.
Like it or not, the business world is a highly competitive environment. Those who fail to realize this are easy to spot. They're the ones with teeth marks on their ankles.
In order to reach for excellence and put a better plan into action, you must first understand why people cling so tightly to the way things have always been done.
The competitor of my competitor is my friend. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Move it or lose it. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
What does your work group have in common with the zebras of the African plains? Aside from the fact that you both may sport racing stripes as your normal attire, there's much to be learned when it comes to protecting your company and your job.
Self interest is your most useful tool for motivation. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
If you want passionate people, you have to offer something they care about intensely. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
When people believe your goals are achievable, they'll engage with great enthusiasm. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Workers respect leaders who know what they're doing. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
As you demonstrate to people on a daily basis that you really care about improving their situation, even if you don't always have the immediate solutions, you'll be amazed at the response.
Hiring fools is not a competitive advantage. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
If you want loyalty, you have to demonstrate it as well. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
If you want a seat at the table, you're going to have to fight for it. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Next time you're planning something, think like an immortal. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
In the typical company, people often spend more time engaged in the political struggles of their workgroup than they do getting anything productive done. The predators of other departments are quick to scan your herd for the weak and the slow, and you can probably guess the rest.
Become absolutely ruthless in eliminating any and all time sucking activity that isn't absolutely required. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Protect your people and they'll walk through fire for you. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
If you want to harness the power of brainstorming in your organization, spend time together having fun. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
If you want someone to listen to you, make it easy for them to do so. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
When the people at every level of your organization start believing that they're the Elite, they'll start acting that way, too.
No one gives a rat's rear end about your company. They care about their own interests. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
The ancient world learned about the strength of unity the hard way when the Romans came to town. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Know who you're dealing with and you'll be well on your way to realizing your own dreams. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Instead of a quick & dirty approach, take the time to employ long term thinking so that the paycheck you love so much will still be around tomorrow.
Group dynamics is just corporate speak for barbarian tribal behavior. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
If you want results, put as much effort into recharging your people as you do working them. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)
Whenever you have a plan or proposal that requires interaction with others, it invariably has its first encounter with the emotions of the other parties. That's because by default, people tend to consider their own hopes and fears first, and that's an emotional experience.
People don't follow authority. They follow leaders. (Excerpt from Unite The Tribes: Leadership Skills for Technology Managers)