I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time.
Why does every generation have to think that he lives in the period with the greatest turbulence?
Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.
Never set out to be the best. It's too low a standard. Set out to be good. Do Your best.
Organizations should be built and managers should be functioning so people can be naturally empowered. If someone's doing their job, if someone's working in one of your warehouses, say, they should know their job better than anybody. They don't need to be 'empowered,' but encouraged and left alone to be able to do what they know best.
Corporations are economic entities, to be sure, but they are also social institutions that must justify their existence by their overall contribution to society.
Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.
School textbooks have almost completely excised any reference to America's true religious heritage.
You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
I just think it is important that you realize , that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you're libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.
People in the church should not accept the notion that the public square is off limits to religious values.