You Lead Quotes

“It’s okay to not be okay all the time.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“We will need to embrace the messiness while seeking order.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“Those who know how to make connections, to connect the dots, ideas and people will be those who know how to surf on the wave of change that is ahead.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“Empathy is a superpower for doping your team’s engagement.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“Your number one fans ought to be your employees, starting with yourself.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“It’s important to recognize that your intention counts immeasurably.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“Customer service has become absolutely strategic.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“The leader who is able to embrace his or her imperfections is the one who will most likely inspire sustainable and healthy success.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“You must be a steward of your employees’ time.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“You need to get ahead of the curve and put forward the best version of you, otherwise others will write their version of you for you.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“Your ability and desire to try things out, make mistakes and, at times, make a fool of yourself, are a big part of why being imperfect will be core to your long-term success.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“A brand, whose values resonate with its employees on a personal level, is bound to make for stronger convictions, a more engaged sponsor and, ultimately, a stronger customer relationship.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“How much of your commercial brand is embedded or allowed into the corporate discourse? How aligned are the communications between the corporate, commercial and employer brands?”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“The issue becomes: How to sort out and separate the values and the appropriate leadership and personnel between the corporate and commercial brand roles.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“If you’re a leader, no matter the size of the company or your position in the hierarchy, you need to be participating in keeping the flame of the founder burning.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“Inasmuch as your organization subscribes to the notion that there are many stakeholders beyond the shareholders, the culture of the company and the personality of the brand depend on the daily interactions. This means how your stakeholders relate and interact together, and how, ultimately, the brand is perceived. Does your brand have a clear set of values that can each be described with specific behaviours?”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“If your disruption is merely about extracting value, the brand will be at risk. At its core, brand is a mark of trust and marketing is about creating long-term value.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“You may be compliant, but are your customers going to trust the way you manage the data? To what extent do the employees working on the data ever feel they are compromising their own sense of integrity?”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“The key insight is that what you promise to your customers ought – at some level – also to hold true for your employees. More empathically, you want the employees to be the core embodiment from which radiates out the values, promises and service.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“By having a clear strategy that is shared throughout your team, you will be better able to orient your selections and apply your resources.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“When YOU LEAD, you’ll find the best way to be yourself, get results and the genuine reputation to which you aspire.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“Digital, by itself, isn’t strategic. It’s a term that broadly represents an array of technological tools, devices and platforms that need to be applied to the company’s overall strategy.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“Stay critical and exigent about how you are creating value in a responsible manner.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“The more viable long-term solution is to create an ethical framework by which all within the company – and especially at the top – are held accountable.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“As much as you might be laser-like in your attempt to extract value, it’s critical to remember your personal and corporate values as you work with data to add value as well.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“As much as you need to create bonds and unify, if you don’t permit diversity of thought and expression, you will inevitably suffer over the long-haul.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“Never forget where you come from.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“When YOU LEAD an employee-first customer-centric business, what goes for or is promised to the customer, must be relevant for the employee.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

“We need to be highly self-aware to notice how our behaviours, moods and relations are being impacted by these digital tools, devices and platforms.”
― Minter Dial, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader