47 Manager Training Quotes

In the ever-evolving landscape of leadership, effective manager training remains a cornerstone for organizational success. At its core, great management hinges on continuous learning, self-improvement, and the ability to inspire and guide teams. To help encapsulate the essence of stellar leadership, we've meticulously curated a collection of the top 47 manager training quotes. These nuggets of wisdom from industry trailblazers, esteemed authors, and seasoned managers offer valuable insights that can elevate your managerial skills, ignite your passion for leadership, and provide the motivation needed to navigate the complexities of modern workplaces. Dive in and let these quotes inspire your journey towards becoming a more effective and influential leader.

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. “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

3. “Providing the ultimate solution to work/life balance: not escaping from work but living the way you want to at work.” - 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. “A company can’t buy true emotional commitment from managers no matter how much it’s willing to spend; this is something too valuable to have a price tag. And yet a company can’t afford not to have it.” - Stan Slap

6. “The company may have captured their minds, their bodies and their pockets, but that doesn’t mean it’s captured their hearts.” - Stan Slap

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

8. “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

9. “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.” - Stan Slap

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

11. “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

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

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

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

15. “Instead of waiting for a leader you can believe in, try this: Become a leader you can believe in.” - 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. “The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.” - Stan Slap

19. “Being relevant to your customers only when you’re trying to sell something means choosing to be irrelevant to them for the rest of the time.” - 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. “Man is born to dream, to be enlightened, to connect and to be fulfilled. Managers are too.” - Stan Slap

23. “The personal values managers reported being the most under pressure to compromise to do their jobs successfully: 1. Family 2. Integrity.” - Stan Slap

24. “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

25. “Bury My Heart is "a life-altering approach to turning managers into unconditionally committed leaders.” - Stan Slap

26. “Success means: I want to know the work I do means something to somebody and helps make the world, if not a Better place, not a worse one.” - Stan Slap

27. “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

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

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

30. “The heart of a company’s performance is hardwired to the hearts of its managers.” - Stan Slap

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

32. “The high quality of a company’s customer experience rarely has anything to do with the high price of their product.” - Stan Slap

33. “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

34. “Management controls performance in people because it impacts skills; it’s a matter of monitoring, analyzing and directing.” - Stan Slap

35. “Leaders are people who know exactly who they are. They know exactly where they want to go. They’re hell-bent on getting there.” - Stan Slap

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

37. “Managers know what they want most: to be allowed to achieve success by leveraging who they are, not by compromising it.” - Stan Slap

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

39. “Values are deeply held personal beliefs that form your own priority code for living.” - Stan Slap

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

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

42. “Emotional commitment is a personal choice. Managers understand this even if their companies don’t.” - Stan Slap

43. “A manager’s emotional commitment is worth more than their financial, intellectual and physical commitment combined.” - Stan Slap

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

45. “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

46. “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

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