Mark Samuel > Quotes

“When you scatter your energy, effort, and resources across too many priorities, you risk breakdown from the lack of focus and attention. Mistakes from badly executed handoffs, poor communication, and ineffective decision-making result in crisis.”
― Mark Samuel, Making Yourself Indispensable: The Power of Personal Accountability

“Robert Anthony wrote one of my favorite quotes regarding anyone wanting to make themselves indispensable: “If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.”
― Mark Samuel, Making Yourself Indispensable: The Power of Personal Accountability

“Changing times require you to continually question your processes, procedures, mind-set, and attitudes. The only constant in times of change might be your purpose and principles; everything else needs to evolve based on the changing world around you.”
― Mark Samuel, Making Yourself Indispensable: The Power of Personal Accountability

“Comfort stunts employees’ growth and can make them obsolete—but management’s comfort stunts the organization’s growth and can put it out of business.”
― Mark Samuel, B State: A New Roadmap for Bold Leadership, Brave Culture, and Breakthrough Results

“This book is easy to understand and gets your attention. The real life examples are effective in delivering the message on the tremendous power of personal accountability. At the Callaway Energy Center, we trained our leaders on personal accountability and used this book as a guide. This resulted in notable improvements in our teamwork, engagement, accountability, and performance. I highly recommend it.” —Fadi Diya, vice president, nuclear operations, Ameren Corporation”
― Mark Samuel, Making Yourself Indispensable: The Power of Personal Accountability