Carl Daniels

“When faced with difficult decisions, painstakingly analyze the situation. Do your homework and be careful not to understate or overstate the impact of pertinent conditions. This includes researching possible consequences and deciding if the department, division, and company can live with them.”
― Ronald Harris, Concepts of Managing: A Road Map for Avoiding Career Hazards

“When your manager is conducting a meeting or conference call and presents an idea or goal, they’re looking for commitment to tackle the task. If you start listing all of the reasons why it won’t work or argue unimportant details, your boss will see your effort as adversarial. You become a roadblock preventing everyone in the group from moving forward.... If you have a small concern or issue you want heard, save it for a personal moment later.”
― Ronald Harris, Concepts of Managing: A Road Map for Avoiding Career Hazards

“If I could teach aspiring managers only one concept, without question I would pick accumulating personal credibility. Credibility is something we earn. How? It’s amassed by successfully accomplishing tasks we’re assigned or which we volunteer to perform.”
― Ronald Harris, Concepts of Managing: A Road Map for Avoiding Career Hazards

“Don’t let life take you somewhere you’re not prepared or don’t want to go, purely because you neglected to research and plan.”
― Ronald Harris, Concepts of Managing: A Road Map for Avoiding Career Hazards