Liz Weber > Quotes

“Holding your team accountable to do the jobs they’re being paid to do is not being mean; it’s being a manager, and that’s your job.”
― Liz Weber, Something Needs to Change Around Here

“Leadership is about what’s right for the organization, not what feels right for the leader.”
― Liz Weber, Something Needs to Change Around Here

“You can’t effectively move up to the next stage of leadership yourself until your current stage leadership skills are solid and are being developed in your team members so they can take over as you move on.”
― Liz Weber, Something Needs to Change Around Here

“people you work with don’t want to hear how hard your life is or how hard you work. They care how well you do your job.”
― Liz Weber, What Women In Leadership Need to Stop Doing

“let go of controlling all of the details (Doing) in order to help others do what they need to be doing (Managing) so you can deliver what people truly need from you (Leadership).”
― Liz Weber, What Women In Leadership Need to Stop Doing

“Leaders move among the various stages each day. But effective leaders move among the right stages at the right times.”
― Liz Weber, Something Needs to Change Around Here

“How much of your time, at your “hourly rate,” is wasted each year because you’re cleaning up after your employees and fixing issues they’ve created or haven’t resolved themselves?”
― Liz Weber, Something Needs to Change Around Here

“Never put your business in the hands of one person or a select few. People leave. People die. People forget.”
― Liz Weber

“What is the cost of replacing and bringing up to speed one of your managers, supervisors, or front-line employees who left because they were frustrated with your organization’s leadership?”
― Liz Weber, Something Needs to Change Around Here

“identify for yourself - honestly - what will make you feel happy and successful.”
― Liz Weber, What Women In Leadership Need to Stop Doing

“Managers and leaders cause most of the organizational confusion and frustration by not doing their jobs — their real jobs.”
― Liz Weber, Something Needs to Change Around Here

“As a leader, there are professional skills and traits that are expected. It’s your job to identify and exhibit them so you can be challenged and judged professionally as a leader—and not as a woman.”
― Liz Weber, What Women In Leadership Need to Stop Doing