Engaging Quotations
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Let’s share favorite quotations that are somehow relevant to business. I frequently include them in letters, e-mails, proposals, and book reviews. They may not always provide a head-snapping revelation but do add some “seasoning” to the prose.
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Strategic Use of Engaging Quotations 6 Replies
Started by Robert Morris. Last reply by Jon Hoel Jul. 1, 2008.
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Comment by Paul Lush on January 5, 2009 at 12:23pm -
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing" - Walt Disney
A great thought for a new year!!
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Comment by Phil Gerbyshak on January 4, 2009 at 2:26pm -
The quote that I keep in my mind whenever I think about employee engagement is a simple one:
"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."
I've seen it attributed to many, most recently Dr. John Maxwell, and I completely agree with it. If you connect with someone's heart, their actions will follow suit. If you don't connect with their heart, you might get compliance, but you'll never get true commitment.
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Comment by John Kmiec on January 2, 2009 at 12:26am -
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."
Abraham Lincoln
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Comment by Lynne on November 17, 2008 at 2:25pm - "It is your inside decisions more than outside conditions that determine your success" i>Dave Anderson
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Comment by Raven on July 1, 2008 at 1:56pm -
Here's one of my favorites:
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947)
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Comment by Jon Hoel on June 30, 2008 at 11:04pm -
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has happened.
George Bernard Shaw.
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Comment by Scott H. Span, MSOD on May 1, 2008 at 1:58pm -
Besides the quote used in my picture, which I often use in Diversity training, I have a few others that stand out in my collection which I use in many facets of my work:
- "Just when the caterpillar thought life was over, it became a butterfly"-anonymous
- "Dwell in possibility."-Emily Dickinson
- "Leap and the net shall appear." -Zen saying
- "I'm still learning." -Michelangelo
- "Everything will be ok in the end. If it's not ok it's not the end."-Unknown
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Comment by Zane Safrit on April 29, 2008 at 9:41am -
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Preeminent leader of Indian nationalism.
That works for me.
From Which Comes First, the Success or the Happiness.
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Comment by Scott McArthur on April 19, 2008 at 3:32am
- "A lack of seriousness has led to all sorts of wonderful insights” by Kurt Vonnegut
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Comment by Lisa Wojtkowiak, SPHR on April 16, 2008 at 2:11pm -
We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle
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Look beyond generic engagement tools: focus on personal drivers from employees, group them accordingly and align engagement tools.
The real challenge to engage employees is to gain trust by giving them autonomy to shape their own jobs to their own wishes, interests and strengths but always aligned with an open and transparant organisational vision and strategy.
Before you start engaging an employee, know him and respect him as an individual first and engagement will follow.
Listen! Zip your mouth. Don't interrupt them when they are opening up to you and expressing there feelings. Remember, its about them not you!
Engagement is to be seen not as an activity but that is the only way the society works.
The management equivalent of ‘Air’ is to practice transparency with team members by managers.
Dr. Jose M F, India, Bangalore
The most important priority for leaders is to cultivate, appreciate, and leverage the vast untapped potential of every employee in their organizations.
If you focus on engagement, productivity will follow. If you focus on productivity, you may not get it.
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