40 Management Training Program Quotes

In the dynamic world of management, continuous learning and inspiration are key to staying ahead. Whether you're a seasoned leader or an up-and-coming manager, powerful words can provide the motivation and insight needed to navigate the challenges of leading teams and driving success. To help you in this journey, we've curated a collection of the top 40 management training program quotes. These quotes are not just words; they are valuable nuggets of wisdom from some of the greatest minds in business and leadership. Dive in and let these impactful sayings inspire your pursuit of excellence and professional growth.

1. “A manager’s emotional commitment is the ultimate trigger for their discretionary effort, worth more than financial, intellectual & physical commitment combined.” - Stan Slap

2. “Emotional commitment means unchecked, unvarnished devotion to the company and its success; any legendary organizational performance is the result of emotionally committed managers.” - Stan Slap

3. “What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their jobs is what they most stop themselves from getting.” - Stan Slap

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

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

6. “Your dreams and the dreams of your company may be different, but they are in no way incompatible.” - Stan Slap

7. “The worst thing in your own development as a leader is not to do it wrong. It’s to do it for the wrong reasons.” - Stan Slap

8. “Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.” - Stan Slap

9. “Your company really has to work for you before you’ll really work for your company.” - Stan Slap

10. “When rewards come from an external source instead of an internal source, they’re unreliable, which means they’re dangerous if you grow to depend on them.” - Stan Slap

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

12. “Imagine a world where what you say synchs up, not sinks down.” - Stan Slap

13. “When you’re a manager, you work for your company. When you’re a leader, your company works for you.” - Stan Slap

14. “Here’s 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.” - Stan Slap

15. “You can stuff yourself with emotional fulfillment until it’s dribbling down your chin & your ego will quickly chomp it down and demand more.” - Stan Slap

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

17. “You can’t sell it outside if you can’t sell it inside.” - Stan Slap

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

19. “The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.” - Stan Slap

20. “You don't have to fear your own company being perceived as human. You want it. People don't trust companies; they trust people.” - Stan Slap

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

22. “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?” - Stan Slap

23. “Success for Managers means: I want to be in healthy relationships. I want a real connection with people I spend so much time with.” - Stan Slap

24. “Let’s get right on top of the bottom line: You must live your personal values at work.” - Stan Slap

25. “Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work?” - Stan Slap

26. “Your values are your essence: an undistorted mirror showing you at your pure, attractive best.” - Stan Slap

27. “To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to life.” - Stan Slap

28. “Leadership creates performance in people because it impacts willingness; it’s a matter of modeling, inspiring, and reinforcing.” - Stan Slap

29. “Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them.” - Stan Slap

30. “Any expert will tell you that if you want emotionally committed relationships then people must be allowed to be true to who they are.” - Stan Slap

31. “Companies should be the best possible place to practice fulfillment, to live out values and to realize deep connectivity and purpose.” - Stan Slap

32. “Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone.” - Stan Slap

33. “When you’re not on your own agenda, you’re prey to the agenda of others.” - Stan Slap

34. “True leaders live their values everywhere, not just in the workplace.” - Stan Slap

35. “Most managers have plenty of emotional commitment to give to their jobs. If they can be convinced it’s safe and sensible to give it.” - Stan Slap

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

37. “Work/life balance is not about escaping work. It’s about living exactly the way you want to when you’re at work.” - Stan Slap

38. “This is your one and only precious life. Somebody’s going to decide how it’s going to be lived and that person had better be you.” - Stan Slap

39. “What managers want most from companies they stop themselves from getting.What companies want most from managers they stop them from giving.” - Stan Slap

40. “It’s impossible for a company to get what it wants most if managers have to make a choice between their own values and company priorities.” - Stan Slap