Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing toward the right-hand edge of the bell curve.
Marcus BuckinghamSustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time
Marcus BuckinghamThe talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training programs, but how long that employee stays and how productive he is while he is there is determined by his relationship with his immediate supervisor.
Marcus BuckinghamI need to reach out to people who work for small to mid-sized companies, and help them identify and apply their strengths at work.
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.
Marcus Buckingham