“What managers want most from companies they stop themselves from getting.What companies want most from managers they stop them from giving.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want from your company?”

“The question is not how to get managers’ emotional commitment but why manager’s don’t give it even if they like their company.”

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