Thursday, January 21, 2010

Zig Ziglar email on Change

Change is Good
How do you inspire your team to see that change is good?  And that, even though you're on a new path, it's...The right path, for...The right reason. 

Change, what needs changing, not what's easy. 
"Before we build a better mousetrap, we need to find out if there are any mice out there." -Yoggi Berra

Re-Recruit your best people. 
"You get the best efforts from others by not lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within." -Bob Nelson

Forget for Success
"It's easier for companies to come up with new ideas than to let go of old ones." -Peter Drucker

Focus on Strengths
Focus on the critical few...Not the insignificant many.

Remove Barriers
"When you're up to your rear end in alligators, it's hard to remember that your purpose is draining the swamp."  -George Napper

It All Starts With Belief
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in their leader.  A great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.  -Anonymous

Simplify Your Message
"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple - that's creativity."  -Charles Mingus

Let Your Actions Speak
"You can't teach culture.  You have to life it.  You have to experience it.  You have to share it.And, most importantly...you have to show it."  -Brent Harris

Celebrate Success
"The greatest management principal in the world is 'the things that get rewarded and appreciated get done'."  -Michael LeBouef

Measure Results
"What gets measured gets improved."  -Peter Drucker

Set the Stage for Innovation
"The best way to get a good idea is to get lots of ideas."  -Linus Pauling

Stand With Them Not Above Them
"The measure of a truely great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men." -Anonymous

Reinforce, Reinforce, Reinforce
Because..."When patterns are broken new worlds emerge."