365 Inspirational Quotes

Inspirational Quote For December 21

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The most important asset of your organization is, and always will be, your people.

Inspirational Quote For December 20

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Teach everyone in leadership to build a team of people around them who are smarter, better educated, and who have more potential than they do.

Inspirational Quote For December 19

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When you really love what you do it shows; remember, if you lack enthusiasm and passion it is obvious to everyone making it likely you will fail.

Inspirational Quote For December 18

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People use just a fraction of their true potential so it’s the job of a leader to figure out how to draw out that withheld potential.

Inspirational Quote For December 17

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Don’t talk to others about your character; demonstrate it, through your actions in your actual dealings with people.

Inspirational Quote For December 16

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If a leader has strong managerial, technical, and people skills, there is no limit to the opportunities available to them.

Inspirational Quote For December 15

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One of the great secrets to achieving prosperity is this, “the more you give of yourself to others the more you get back in return.”

Inspirational Quote For December 14

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To succeed in this world you have to be willing to adapt and change.

Inspirational Quote For December 13

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Servant leaders put the needs of people first, knowing prosperity will follow.

Inspirational Quote For December 12

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Finding good ideas is actually the easy part; it’s the implementation of those good ideas that often proves to be difficult.

Inspirational Quote For December 11

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Effort in itself is nice but if it needs to yield results; otherwise it’s sort of like a football team that can’t put the ball in the end zone.

Inspirational Quote For December 10

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Honesty and integrity have always been the foundation of great leadership; don’t compromise your character because of circumstances.

Inspirational Quote For December 9

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By rewarding good performers, with good attitudes, with more responsibility, and promotional opportunities the “cream automatically rises to the top.”

Inspirational Quote For December 8

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If you believe you can do something, you probably can, and if you believe you can’t, you can’t; in either case which ever way you’re thinking will prove to be right.

Inspirational Quote For December 7

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Figure out what is important to you in life and take steps to insure you spend your time on the people and things that are important to you.

Inspirational Quote For December 6

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Find excuses in life to take time out to relax and celebrate holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and any other noteworthy accomplishments.

Inspirational Quote For December 5

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In order to achieve excellence you have to get up each, and every day and search for things that need to be improved, and then take the steps necessary to fix or improve them.

Inspirational Quote For December 4

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Leaders need to “walk the talk” by holding themselves to even higher standards than those required of everyone else in the organization.

Inspirational Quote For December 3

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There is nothing wrong with using good old fashioned “carrot and stick” motivational techniques in order to achieve desired behaviors.

Inspirational Quote For December 2

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Really empower people to make important decisions, by giving them both the responsibility and authority needed in order for them to act decisively.

Inspirational Quote For December 1

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To achieve great success start by developing a set of S.M.A.R.T. Goals:

Specific

Measurable

Action-oriented

Realistic

Time-bound.

Inspirational Quote For November 30

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Keep in mind, your competitors are studying you and stealing some of your best ideas, as you are studying them.

Inspirational Quote For November 29

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When you are always focused on doing the right things it’s easy to have the courage to stand behind everything you do.

Inspirational Quote For November 28

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One of the great leadership secrets is that if you will help others achieve their goals they will help you achieve yours.

Inspirational Quote For November 27

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There are incredible, untapped resources within every organization; the trick for leaders is to figure out how to find and use them.

Inspirational Quote For November 26

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You can’t be sentimental when it comes to poor performance; if someone refuses to perform, you have to coach them or move them out.

Inspirational Quote For November 25

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To find breakthrough ideas, and to be truly innovative, you have to tolerate risk taking, mistakes and some inevitable failures.

Inspirational Quote For November 24

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When you are an innovator you distance yourself from the rest of the competition and you create an advantage that’s hard to beat.

Inspirational Quote For November 23

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Leaders have a responsibility to create an environment that’s so positive that people not only enjoy working in it but they flourish!

Inspirational Quote For November 22

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Approach what you do like you’re in it for the long haul and any short term setbacks which you experience won’t be devastating to you.

Inspirational Quote For November 21

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Performance feedback in the form of a “pat on the back” or a “kick in the butt” are great motivators of future performance.

Inspirational Quote For November 20

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You can be good at what you do and fail if you don’t focus your time on doing the right things at the right time.

Inspirational Quote For November 19

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When you praise and reward individuals for a job well done, you’ll find others will copy the desired behavior.

Inspirational Quote For November 18

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It’s amazing what people can accomplish, when nobody is worried about who will get the credit for the success in the end.

Inspirational Quote For November 17

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Some good ideas of leaders are often brutally difficult to implement on the front line; 90% of any strategy is the execution of it.

Inspirational Quote For November 16

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When conflict does arise between individuals or workgroups step in quickly, to resolve issues, before productivity suffers.

Inspirational Quote For November 15

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Simplification is one of the secrets of great leaders; use the K.I.S.S. principle – Keep It Simple Stupid and try to simplify everything you do.

Inspirational Quote For November 14

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No news isn’t necessarily good news; you should be concerned if you’re not hearing any complaints from people.

Inspirational Quote For November 13

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In a pinch, in order to save money, cut out all activities that are “nice to have” and only do the things that you “have to have.”

Inspirational Quote For November 12

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Look for the best traits in the people around you and by emulating their strengths you become a better and stronger person.

Inspirational Quote For November 11

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When you talk with people avoid distractions; use active listening skills like smiling, eye contact and nodding your head.

Inspirational Quote For November 10

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Accept the fact that when you attempt to do what no one has done before you’re going to make mistakes along the way.

Inspirational Quote For November 9

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As a leader, if you want to have great people around you, give people a good reason to want to work with you.

Inspirational Quote For November 8

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Change or shift the paradigm by reinventing the way that things are done, and you change the fundamental rules of the competition.

Inspirational Quote For November 7

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Success is self-fulfilling; when you’re trying to achieve your dreams, maintain your focus, even when people are predicting that you’re going to fail.

Inspirational Quote For November 6

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The challenge with implementing change is: 20% of people will adapt immediately, 60% adapt soon thereafter, but 20% will refuse to accept the change.

Inspirational Quote For November 5

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As a leader, realize there will be times when it feels like you are laying track just ahead of an unstoppable freight train that is speeding down the tracks.

Inspirational Quote For November 4

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When you speak with people, and you talk in terms of their interests, they perceive you as someone who is friendly and caring.

Inspirational Quote For November 3

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What you focus on is what you will achieve; don’t strive to be the biggest, make your goal always to be the best.

Inspirational Quote For November 2

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If leaders can get people to worry about saving dimes, nickels and pennies, the result will be the saving of lots of bottom line dollars.

Inspirational Quote For November 1

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Ask people to help you identify antiquated and bureaucratic processes, and takes the steps necessary to eliminate them.

Inspirational Quote For October 31

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Get to know what motivates your people; some prefer to be recognized privately and some enjoy being recognized publicly.

Inspirational Quote For October 30

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Invest in technology today and you’ll receive planned and unplanned advantages now and in the future.

Inspirational Quote For October 29

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If everyone else is doing something one way, you can often find your unique competitive niche by going in the exact opposite direction.

Inspirational Quote For October 28

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If you run an efficient operation you can recover if you make mistakes, but inefficiency has destroyed many previously successful organizations.

Inspirational Quote For October 27

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Control your expenses better than your competitors and you’ll find an unbeatable competitive advantage.

Inspirational Quote For October 26

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Be an innovator, but don’t be afraid to imitate the ideas and best practices of others; there are no extra points for original thinking.

Inspirational Quote For October 25

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Sincerely praising people, and using non-monetary recognition are free, but in terms of value they’re worth a fortune.

Inspirational Quote For October 24

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Treat people like they are your partners, by sharing confidential information with them; the benefits will far outweigh any of concerns you may have.

Inspirational Quote For October 23

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Don’t ever become too predictable; always keep your competitors guessing what your next move is going to be.

Inspirational Quote For October 22

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Cross train your employees and leaders by having them swap jobs to learn other areas of your operation, to create greater flexibility.

Inspirational Quote For October 21

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Survey your customer’s opinions to determine what they like best and least about your organization, and develop solutions accordingly.

Inspirational Quote For October 20

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Establish annual surveys of your own employee’s opinions, and develop action plans to resolve any concerns identified.

Inspirational Quote For October 19

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Smart leaders give sincere appreciation to people which builds self esteem and confidence leading to even higher levels of performance.

Inspirational Quote For October 17

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Identify what your goal is five years out, and then work backwards to determine what you need to be doing now to accomplish it.

Inspirational Quote For October 16

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Take personal responsibility when you make a mistake by owning up to it, apologizing and moving on!

Inspirational Quote For October 15

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Develop ways to regularly receive input from people inside and outside your organization on what you can do better.

Inspirational Quote For October 14

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We’re all human, and no one is any better than anyone else, so always treat others with the dignity and respect they deserve.

Inspirational Quote For October 13

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Find out the things your people like least about your organization and proactively develop a plan to address each of them.

Inspirational Quote For October 12

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Each and every day of your life make a point of trying to learn something new from others, that you can use to improve yourself or your organization.

Inspirational Quote For October 11

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Once a goal is set, tell people when they reach the agreed to goal you will have a party or a celebration and then watch what happens.

Inspirational Quote For October 10

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The quality of your staff can either be your greatest competitive advantage or your most overwhelming weakness.

Inspirational Quote For October 9

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Until leaders prove by their own example, that they are serious about controlling costs, their actions will speak louder than their words.

Inspirational Quote For October 8

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One of the definitions of servant leadership is “before you can lead effectively, you have to prove you are willing to serve those you are leading, first.”

Inspirational Quote For October 7

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Total commitment of people is critical; they have to be committed with “both feet in,” don’t allow the uncommitted to “straddle the line.”

Inspirational Quote For October 6

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When the work volume increases don’t automatically add additional staff; require your current staff to absorb the additional workload.

Inspirational Quote For October 5

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Teach people how to identify and improve areas in need of process improvement and give them time to address and fix those areas.

Inspirational Quote For October 4

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Prioritize work with “A” priorities being the most important to “C” being the least; the fact is you may never have time to get to some of the C’s.

Inspirational Quote For October 3

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Share the detailed financial statements for your organization, with your people, so they know exactly what you’re up against.

Inspirational Quote For October 2

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You are either getting better at what you do or you are getting worse; you can’t stand still and expect to prosper.

Inspirational Quote For October 1

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Ask people to sweat the details, and recycle everything from paper clips to rubber bands, and you’re sending the right expense control message.

Inspirational Quote For September 30

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Clearly communicate your vision, mission and values , and even post them on the wall to insure everyone understands your expectations.

Inspirational Quote For September 29

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As a leader if you want people to like you, take the time to really listen to what they have to say, and if they have a problem, help them solve it.

Inspirational Quote For September 28

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Follow your published policies and procedures, and by doing so your people will know that you intend to deal fairly with everyone.

Inspirational Quote For September 27

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Remember that the attitudes of your employees will impact the attitudes of your customers, which will positively or negatively impact your business.

Inspirational Quote For September 26

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Don’t be ashamed to be tight with a buck; there is nothing wrong with asking people not to spend money foolishly.

Inspirational Quote For September 25

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The greatest leaders are also great teachers, who strategically set time aside to share their knowledge with others.

Inspirational Quote For September 24

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The people closest to the work almost always have the best solutions to problems, if you’ll simply ask them.

Inspirational Quote For September 23

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If you will really do everything you can to meet and exceed your customer’s expectations you will own the market.

Inspirational Quote For September 22

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In dealing with customers and customer service take the approach that, “the answer is YES, what’s the question.”

Inspirational Quote For September 21

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Make certain everyone on your team is letting your loyal customers know how much you value their business.

Inspirational Quote For September 20

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Empower people to solve problems on the spot without the need for intervention by higher level leaders.

Inspirational Quote For September 19

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It’s a hard thing to do, but periodically ask the people around you to anonymously, and candidly, evaluate YOUR performance.

Inspirational Quote For September 18

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A good standard for treating people is to treat them the same great way you would treat someone who was your customer.

Inspirational Quote For September 17

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Leaders who are stressed cause the people around them to be stressed; by loosening up you’ll be more productive and so will others!

Inspirational Quote For September 16

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You only get one chance to make that all important first impression, with people, so make it a good one.

Inspirational Quote For September 15

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Exceeding your customer’s expectations means always giving your customers a little something extra, that they didn’t expect but you know they’re going to love.

Inspirational Quote For September 14

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A customer with a bad experience will tell lots of others; those who have a good experience tend to keep it to themselves.

Inspirational Quote For September 13

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Use an outside-in approach by asking your customers what they want, and then do what you have to do to meet their expressed needs.

Inspirational Quote For September 12

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Don’t take yourself too seriously by trying to find humor in your successes and your failures!