“Two of the greatest gifts you can give your organisation are clarity of strategy and an environment conducive to operational excellence. Cleaning up the change portfolio, sequencing things instead of doing them all at once, and closing down legacy projects will free up your talented people to deliver. It will release and supercharge your organisation. Staff will appreciate regaining the ability to do a good job nobody likes being forced to do a hundred things at once and doing them badly. Most people want to deliver something of quality. They derive satisfaction from that – give them back that gift.”
― How to be a Chief Operating Officer: 16 Disciplines for Success
― How to be a Chief Operating Officer: 16 Disciplines for Success
“It’s easier to hold to your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold to them 98 percent of the time.”
― Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story
― Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story
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