
“All the managers I interviewed had the same sense of identity and self-assurance. None of them were arrogant. Instead, they were clear about who they were and what needed accomplishing. They used that sense of self to engage their team and learn each team member’s strengths and contributions. Their courage and confidence were infectious to their team and to anyone who crossed their paths.”
― Lift: Five Practices Great Managers Do Consistently: Raise Performance and Morale - See Your Employees Thrive
― Lift: Five Practices Great Managers Do Consistently: Raise Performance and Morale - See Your Employees Thrive
“Working harder to achieve results usually results in frustration and failure. The focus of work is the activities that generate results, not the results themselves.”
― Lift: Five Practices Great Managers Do Consistently: Raise Performance and Morale - See Your Employees Thrive
― Lift: Five Practices Great Managers Do Consistently: Raise Performance and Morale - See Your Employees Thrive

“There is no greater jihad than to help the helpless - there is no greater crusade than to bring hope to the hopeless - there is no greater advancement than to lift the fallen - there is no greater humanity than to burn oneself for others to have warmth.”
― AÅŸkanjali: The Sufi Sermon
― AÅŸkanjali: The Sufi Sermon
“I cannot emphasize it too strongly that our gifts-whether they consist in wealth, or in the ability to sing, to paint, to build, or to count-are not given unto us to be used for our pleasure merely, or as means of our advancement, weather social or intellectual. But they are given unto us that we may use them for helping those who need help.”
― Lectures on Russian Literature: Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy
― Lectures on Russian Literature: Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy
“The job facing production managers focuses on how to help their team maintain hope while also addressing the sometimes brutal or dismal facts of their situation. If the truth of their position remains unseen, they will never grow the skills necessary to resolve it.”
― Lift: Five Practices Great Managers Do Consistently: Raise Performance and Morale - See Your Employees Thrive
― Lift: Five Practices Great Managers Do Consistently: Raise Performance and Morale - See Your Employees Thrive
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