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~ We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards . . . the ethics of excellence. ~
~ Leadership is a noble calling. In addtion to meeting well-defined strategic objectives, leaders must also help their organizations make meaningful contributions to social issues, economic growth, and political stability. That's why effective organizational leadership plays a vital role in shaping our world. ~
~ The quality of an organization can never exceed the quality of the minds that make it up. ~
~ The only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction, and malperformance ~
~ Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops. ~
~ While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty ~
~ If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft. Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National ~
~ The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. ~
~ But when we get enough people who don't care, and who don't accept personal responsibility for high ethical standards, our organization gets the "M" disease. Mediocrity. Anybody in the place can be a carrier. By the same token, every individual can carry the cure: the ethics of excellence. ~
~ Innovation by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires 'courageous patience'. ~
~ Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. ~
~ One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organization is at once necessary and fatal. Men are forever creating such organizations for their own convenience and forever finding themselves the victims of their home-made monsters. ~ |
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