10. If you are not failing,
you are probably not
taking enough risks.
11. Individuals who take
failures personally
have an exaggerated
sense of their own
incompetence. They view
taking initiative as futile
since they expect to fail.
14. Celebrations provide people
with a safe forum for them to
acknowledge their failures,
making the analysis of what
went wrong less threatening.
15. “We have a culture that
allows people to say, ‘It was
my fault and here’s what I’ll
do differently next time.’”
Michelle Peluso, CEO of Travelocity
19. One out of four
human resource
professionals
report witnessing
intergenerational
conflicts among
workers.
Source: Society for Human Resource Management
20. Two-thirds of Generation Yers say they
have little or no weekly interaction with
members of the Silent Generation at work.
Source: Randstad, 2008 World of Work Survey
23. The average length of time
11min. 4 sec.
we work on a task before being interrupted
SOURCE: Gloria Mark, Victor M. Gonzalez, & Justin Harris
“No Task Left Behind? Examining the Nature of Fragmented Work”
24. On average, it takes
more than 25 minutes
to resume what we
were doing before
being interrupted.
SOURCE: Gloria Mark, Victor M. Gonzalez, & Justin Harris
“No Task Left Behind? Examining the Nature of Fragmented Work”
25. “Engaging in multiple
activities appears to be
related to the scope of work;
as the scope increases so
does multi-tasking.”
Mark, Gonzalez, and Harris
29. Giving away our authority is a
personal challenge. It involves
sharing influence, prestige,
and applause, while forcing
us to deal with our personal
insecurities.
30. “ A basic function of
leadership is to produce
more leaders, not more
”Nader
followers.
Ralph
32. “The class of 2007 is the first in Ohio which must pass
all five Ohio Graduation Test sections to receive a diploma.”
The Blade, May 22, 2007
33. When we force people
to strive for proficiency in
everything, we miss the
opportunity for them to
achieve greatness in the
one area where they may,
indeed, achieve just that.
34. strivingforimprovement,
most of us do the same thing:
we take our strengths for granted,
and concentrate all our efforts on
conquering our weaknesses
35. Not surprisingly,
the vast majority of organizations
appear to believe that the best
way for individuals to grow is to
eliminate their weaknesses.
36. Identifying each person’s strongest
talents permits everyone the opportunity
to contribute what they do
BEST.
38. Old story:
Two stonemasons are
working on the same
project. An observer
asks, “What are you
doing?”
The first stonemason
replies: “I’m cutting stone.”
The second stonemason
replies: “I’m building a great
cathedral.”
39. “The biggest men and women
with the biggest ideas can be
shot down by the smallest men
and women with the smallest
minds. Think big anyway.”
Dr. Kent M. Keith
Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments
52. “
WHAT WE FOUND IN
OUR INVESTIGATION OF
ADMIRED LEADERSHIP
KOUZES & POSNER
QUALITIES IS THAT MORE
The Leadership Challenge THAN ANYTHING, PEOPLE
WANT TO FOLLOW
LEADERS WHO ARE
CREDIBLE.”
53. “Credibility is the
foundation on
which leaders and
constituents will
build the grand
dreams of the
future.”
Kouzes & Posner
