by Lee Fried, on 11 Dec 2006 08:15 am
The Journey
Quote of the Week
I saw these quotes today and could not resist. They remind me of a personal improvement that I have been working on lately: to try and be more honest and call things are I see them. In every organization that I have ever worked in there is a tendency of management to try and only focus on the positive side of things. Leadership meetings tend to be filled with talk of grand plans and praise for successes. There is hardly ever discussion of mistakes, problems or short-comings. Managers are often promoted because they are in the pleasing business. The culture is all about not rocking the boat. A consultant we have been working with calls this type of talk “ford talk.” As an organization I am pleased to see that we are moving away from this tendency and I have seen at lot more honest discussions lately, but we still have a long way to go. Here are the quotes:
“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everyone.”–Herbert Swope
“Its hard to lead a Calvary charge if you think you look funny on a horse.” –Adlai Stevenson