The Quotable Manager: Inspiration for Business and Life - Couverture souple

Weiss, Joel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1586857681 ISBN 13 : 9781586857684

Editeur : Gibbs Smith, 2006

Synopsis

A good quote can capture the essence of an idea or teaching and tell it in a few words-concisely and with impact. The Quotable Manager takes simple, meaningful, and easy-to-remember quotes, puts them right at the fingertips of today's busy managers and leaders, and becomes an excellent resource when a thoughtful word is needed.
More than 600 quotes are collected from a diverse pool of leaders and historical figures including Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Julius Caesar, Michael Jordan, John Ruskin, Helen Keller, Mother Teresa, Confucius, John Wayne, and more. They offer inspiring advice and wisdom on topics such as attitude, leadership, perseverance, patience, trust, fairness, planning, career, failure, and integrity. Divided into twenty chapters, each begins with an inspiring story or anecdote about a person who has come to exemplify that characteristic.
Sample quotes:
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
Margaret Thatcher
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller
Be a good listener, your ears never get you in trouble.
Frank Tyger
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
William Arthur Ward
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.
Art Linkletter
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin
When you fall in a river, you're no longer a fisherman; you're a swimmer.
Gene Hill
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
Roy L. Smith
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.
Eleanor Roosevelt
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
Carl W. Buechner

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joel Weiss is a seasoned executive and manager with more than fifty years of experience in business and the military. He held the position of Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President of Burger King Corporation. He was also a manager, director, and divisional vice president of ITT, working in the U.S.A. and six other countries for more than fifteen years. He served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force as Director of Intelligence for a fighter bomber wing and was also Director of Intelligence for the New Jersey Air National Guard. He holds a BS and MBA from Rutgers University and lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

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Integrity
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, probably the most famous and effective first lady of the twentieth century, was an activist for causes such as the abolition of child labor and the establishment of minimum wage legislation.
Eleanor teamed with her husband, Franklin, to support his political efforts, especially after he was paralyzed by polio in 1921.
When her husband was elected president of the United States, Eleanor brought with her a wealth of experience on social conditions and sensitivity and compassion for the underprivileged. Her dedication to the job as First Lady was unlike anyone before her. Although her political enemies made her a target, her integrity made her unique and respected by people at all levels.
Probably Eleanor''s greatest influence was on civil rights and race relations. She confronted her husband and pressured him to sign orders barring discrimination. While traveling in the south, she refused to abide by segregation that required her to sit in the white section of an auditorium, and she publicly resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution because they barred the famous black singer, Marian Anderson, from their auditorium.
Knowing that many institutions did not offer equal opportunity for women, Eleanor held hundreds of press conferences where she permitted only women journalists. This forced news organizations to hire their first female reporters in order to have access to her press conferences.
Eleanor Roosevelt was recognized for her integrity, patience, and uncompromising morality.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
William Shakespeare
1564-1616, English Dramatist, Playwright, Poet
There is no right way to do a wrong thing.
Unknown
If you tell the truth you don''t have to remember anything.
Mark Twain
1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer, Lecturer

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gibbs Smith
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1586857681
• ISBN 13: 9781586857684
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV, GPSR Europäische Union; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas