“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.”
“What managers want most from companies they stop themselves from getting.What companies want most from managers they stop them from giving.”
“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.”
“Managers know what they want most: to be allowed to achieve success by leveraging who they are, not by compromising it.”
“His management philosophy, tempered in his rain-dancing days, was always to give the project to whoever had the most to gain from success--or the most to lose from failure.”
“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.”