Quotes by Stan Slap

“The first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want from your company?”

“The first step to solving any problem is to accept ones own accountability for creating it.”

“Being relevant to your customers only when youre trying to sell something means choosing to be irrelevant to them for the rest of the time.”

“There will be plenty of other problems in the future. This is as good a time as any to get ahead of them.”

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

“Your company is its own competition and can deliver itself debilitating blows the competition only dreams of.”

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

“Why live my personal values at work? This is an excellent question to ask. If your attorneys are planning an insanity defense.”

“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.”

“Heres what you need to know most about leadership: Lead your own life first. The only thing in this world that will dependably happen from the top down is the digging of your grave.”

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

“The myth of management is that your personal values are irrelevant or inappropriate at work.”

“When youre a manager, you work for your company. When youre a leader, your company works for you.”

“Its impossible for a company to get what it wants most if managers have to make a choice between their own values and company priorities.”

“Work/life balance is not about escaping work. Its about living exactly the way you want to when youre at work.”

“Try not to take this the wrong way, but your brain is smarter than you are.”

“What first separates a leader from a normal human being? A leader knows who they are as a human being.”

“A managers emotional commitment is the ultimate trigger for their discretionary effort, worth more than financial, intellectual & physical commitment combined.”

“True leaders live their values everywhere, not just in the workplace.”

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