Empowerment Is Something Someone Gives You. Self Leadership Is What You Do To Make It Work.
The entrepreneur explained that she was having a hard time finding people who were willing to work as hard as she was. “I feel I have to do everything myself. I can’t count on anyone to take on some of the things that need to be done,” said the entrepreneur. “What you have to do,” said the One Minute Manager, “is learn to delegate.
Leadership is not about power. It’s not about control; it’s about helping people live according to the vision.
I firmly believe that providing feedback is the most cost-effective strategy for improving performance and instilling satisfaction. It can be done quickly, it costs nothing, and it can turn people around fast.
After all, how can you be an effective manager unless you and your team are clear about goals and what good performance looks like?
If you catch yourself doing things right, everything in your life will improve – especially your relationships. That’s because it’s fun to be around people who like themselves.
Learning to let go, to put the team’s will first, is an empowering experience that leads to the most wonderful of all experiences: being a member of a high-performing, gungho, high-five team. Remember, leadership is not all about you.
One of the things great leaders do is establish, articulate, model, and enforce core values.” So.
It’s only when you realize that it’s not about you that you begin to lead at a higher level.
Leading people is the opposite of trying to control them; it’s about gaining their trust through your integrity, developing their potential through your partnership, and motivating them through your affirmation.
As Lily Tomlin once said, “The problem with a rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
Yes. However, remember – productivity is more than just the quantity of work done. It is also the quality.
The best definition of profit I’ve ever heard is that it is the applause you get for satisfying your customers and creating a motivating environment for your people.
Trust is what happens when values and behaviors match up.
There is nothing so unequal as the equal treatment of unequals. Friends.
The main job of a leader is to help his or her people succeed in accomplishing their goals. And when people accomplish their goals and win, everyone wins.
It’s more important as a manager to be respected than to be popular.
Good thoughts in your head that are not communicated “mean squat.
Like water in a bucket, vision evaporates and must be constantly replenished – that is, communicated.
Our Manager works with us to make it clear what our responsibilities are and what we are being held accountable for.