Fred Luthans > Quotes

“If developed properly, human capital can contribute to an enduring, sustainable, and competitive advantage for today’s organizations.”
― Fred Luthans, The High Impact Leader

“what psychologists have called a “state of learned helplessness.” This is where people learn that no matter what they do, nothing will work, so they eventually become immobilized, even when a positive opportunity arises. Such dysfunctional conditions go hand in hand with very negative PsyCap.”
― Fred Luthans, The High Impact Leader

“In fact, we’ve found that if you want to give leaders an exercise to create a high level of cynicism among their followers, simply have them generate a set of “core” values the leaders have no plan to reinforce.”
― Fred Luthans, The High Impact Leader

“The best places to work are no longer those that promise lifetime employment but, rather, those that provide their participants with the opportunities, resources, and flexibility for sustainable growth, learning, and development.”
― Fred Luthans, Psychological Capital: Developing the Human Competitive Edge

“every leader must try to control his own passions before he can hope to command the passions of others.”
― Fred Luthans, The High Impact Leader

“young IT manager defined being the boss as developing people around him who would then rely upon him for his advice and expertise in correcting their weaknesses.”
― Fred Luthans, The High Impact Leader

“Every great organization has a core organizing principle that guides every great thing it does and accomplishes.”
― Fred Luthans, The High Impact Leader

“All year long I have told you to be perfect, and now let me tell you what I meant. We all must come to know what we are each capable of and what is possible. If we achieve the difference between our capabilities and what is possible, then we are perfect, and you can all go out there and be perfect in your own way . . . that’s what matters. Be perfect.”
― Fred Luthans, The High Impact Leader

“Effective leadership creates the “conditions for success.”
― Fred Luthans, The High Impact Leader