Dear professionals,

Quote this : “Face reality as it is . . . not as it was or as you wish it to be. Be candid with everyone. Don't manage, lead change before you have to . . . If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete . . . Control your own destiny or someone else will”. - Jack Welch

Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead. - Ross Perot

Mantra 1: Embrace change, don’t fear it

“The objective is not to get people to support change but to give them responsibility for engendering change, some control over their destiny”.- Gary Hamel

Mantra 2: Stop managing, start leading

“People want to be part of something larger than themselves. They want to be part of something they’re really proud of, that they’ll fight for, sacrifice for, that they trust.” - Howard Schultz, Starbucks

Mantra 3: Cultivate manager who share your vision

“A magnificent vision articulates peoples' hopes and dreams, touches their hearts and spirits, and helps them see how they can contribute”- Blanchard, Ken and Stoner, Jesse

Mantra 4: Face reality, and then Act decisively

“Leadership begins with vision and realization of the brutal facts”- Prof Jim Collin
“…Without Execution , the breakthrough thinking breakdown , learning adds no value, people don’t meet their stretch goals and the revolution stops dead in its tracks. What you change for the worse because failure drain the energy from the organization and Repeated failure destroy it”.- Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan/ Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

Mantra 5 Be simple, Be consistent and hammer your message Home

“What is complex and sophisticated about Mahatma Gandhi’s theory, which delivered independence to the world’s largest democracy? As elements of design, it had two things: non-violence and non-cooperation. They were simple enough to convey the same meaning to an illiterate indigo grower in Bihar and the Harrow-returned Jawaharlal Nehru”. - Subroto Bagchi

“Jack Welch & the GE way”by Robert Slater

Any comments ?

Debbie McGrath