To get the best coaching outcomes, always have your 1-on-1's on your employee's turf not yours. In your office the truth hides.
Marcus BuckinghamWhen it comes to exploring your creative side, it's very easy to think of all the reasons you can't do it-you don't have the time, you don't have the money, etc.-but if you are truly passionate about expressing yourself, you can find a way. When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning. Take the next step and the next until what you've dreamed about begins to become reality.
Marcus BuckinghamThe true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.
Marcus BuckinghamWe need to say goodbye to the traditional methodologies of corporate universities.
Marcus BuckinghamYou should know that what wakes me up at night, what gets me running fast in the morning, and, frankly, what prompts me to lose any semblance of my habitual reserve is the conviction that work doesn't have to be this grim. We can do better.
Marcus BuckinghamLeaders are fascinated by future. You are a leader if and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with status quo. Because in your head, you can see a better future. The friction between 'what is' and 'what could be' burns you, stirs you up, propels you. This is leadership.
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