• Learn something every day. Never stop learning.

  • The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. Vince Lombardi

  • 70% of organizational changes fail and these failures can be traced to ineffective leadership.

  • People are the core strategic asset. To be successful, a company must listen, involve, encourage, nurture, support, empower, and reward all its constituencies.

  • Leadership IQ being equal, it is believed emotional intelligence – how we manage ourselves, our emotions and the emotions of others – accounts for 85 – 90% of what separates the most outstanding leaders from their peers.

  • 78% of consumers say their most satisfying experience occurred because of a capable and competent customer service representative.

  • If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow rice. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people. – Chinese Proverb

  • The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes

  • "High performing organizations are constantly focusing on improving their capabilities through learning systems, building knowledge capital and transformational learning throughout the organization.” - Ken Blanchard

  • Leadership is being the best you can be, and helping others be the best they can be.

  • A survey of 350 executives across 14 industries, 68% confirmed their companies experienced unanticipated problems in their change process. – International Consortium of Executive Development Research.

  • It costs 10 times more to gain a new customer than it does to keep an existing customer.

  • The key to keeping customers satisfied and loyal is to value and train employees while making them an integral part of corporate success.

  • Companies Don’t Solve Problems.
    People Do.

  • 85% of business leaders agree that traditional differentiators alone are no longer a sustainable business strategy.

  • Effective coaching is a key method for increasing productivity and profitability in an organization. Recent studies have shown that 85% of the workforce wants holistic coaching so that they can continually improve and grow.

  • It is estimated that 80% of mergers and acquisitions that occur today fail to meet initial expectations.

  • First, people don’t grow and change much unless they’re in a supportive environment where people know what they want to do and encourage them to do it.

  • No one of us is as smart as all of us – when teams function well, miracles happen.

  • The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

  • Corporations can work five times harder and spend five times more money to gain new customers, or they can keep the ones they have.

  • Employee loyalty builds customer loyalty, which builds brand loyalty. It’s as simple - and as difficult - as that.

  • Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. Winston Churchill

  • The key to building a culture based on Trust and Personal Responsibility is getting all employees to be committed to the organization’s Vision and the Values That Build Trust.

  • 50 – 70% of how employees perceive their organization can be traced back to the actions of one person – the leader.

  • The number one fear in the world is public speaking. “You” vs. “I” messages are powerful tools for capturing your audience’s attention.

  • Change is constant. To implement change you must listen, engage, and empower individuals in the change process.

  • 25 of every 27 customers who have a bad experience fail to report it because they don’t believe anything will change.

Smart Brief - 4 ways to keep your workers' hearts in the game

Many employees have become disengaged as the economic slump drags on. "People are disillusioned with the economy and the fact that many of them are having to do more work with fewer people, thanks to layoffs," said Dianne Durkin, president of Loyalty Factor. That can be particularly bad for small businesses, which often rely on the creativity and innovation of workers. Leaders should actively ask employees for their input and focus on a purpose, Durkin advises.

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