“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.”
“The question is not how to get managers’ emotional commitment but why manager’s don’t give it even if they like their company.”
“Emotional commitment is a personal choice. Managers understand this even if their companies don’t.”
“Emotional commitment means unchecked, unvarnished devotion to the company and its success; any legendary organizational performance is the result of emotionally committed managers.”
“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.”
“I can’t imagine what it would be like to have had her company in my head—the comfort that would’ve brought.”