When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning. Marcus Buckingham More Quotes by Marcus Buckingham More Quotes From Marcus Buckingham Remember the Golden Rule? "Treat people as you would like to be treated." The best managers break the Golden Rule every day. They would say don't treat people as you would like to be treated. This presupposes that everyone breathes the same psychological oxygen as you. For example, if you are competitive, everyone must be similarly competitive. If you like to be praised in public, everyone else must, too. Everyone must share your hatred of micromanagement. Marcus Buckingham oxygen hatred people True individuality can be lonely. Marcus Buckingham individuality lonely inspiring I think a good business book has one coherent idea that is richly played out. Marcus Buckingham book ideas thinking Every company wants to know how to find and keep highly talented women in the workplace. Marcus Buckingham company workplace want Americans just love convening. They are a convention-happy country and they love to get together to talk. Marcus Buckingham conventions together country Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths. Marcus Buckingham corporations organization people American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important. Marcus Buckingham important hero people In a war, no matter the outcome of a certain skirmish or battle, the winner is the party whose attitudes, behaviors and preoccupations come to dominate the postwar landscape. By this measure, the outcome of the gender wars, if wars they were, is clear: women won. Marcus Buckingham party attitude war I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be incapable of talking. I'm afraid that I'll make a complete fool of myself and be unable to go on. Marcus Buckingham goes-on talking people The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people. Marcus Buckingham corporate people world Google and Facebook, each in their own way, have revolutionized the delivery of advertising based on search and social networking, creating a sort of anti-Spam: targeted, relevant ads that a consumer might actually welcome rather than spurn. Marcus Buckingham google networking creating It's odd that I'm a big name in America and not known in Britain. Marcus Buckingham odd names america CEOs the world over are fond of pointing to their workforce and saying "Our people are our greatest asset." And yet today, only two out of ten people think their assets are being well used at work. Marcus Buckingham two people thinking If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success. Marcus Buckingham creativity risk inspire Life's tricky for women because they have to make more choices than men. And yes, choice is good, but boy, you better be an expert choice-maker. Marcus Buckingham choices men boys Spend the most time with your best people. ... Talent is the multiplier. THe more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time. ... Persistence directed primarily toward your non-talents is self-destructive. ... You will reprimand yourself, berate yourself, and put yourself through all manner of contortions in an attempt to achieve the impossible. Marcus Buckingham persistence yield self As with all catalysts, the manager's function is to speed up the reaction between two substances, thus creating the desired end product. Specifically, the manager creates performance in each employee by speeding up the reaction between the employee's talent and the company's goals, and between the employee's talent and the customer's needs. Marcus Buckingham creating goal two If the manager really is the problem, try to get reassigned elsewhere in the organization or start looking for one in which you can play to your strengths. Marcus Buckingham organization play trying Most of the time, our limitations are self-imposed. Marcus Buckingham limitation self My point is, people really don't change very much. Marcus Buckingham dont-change people
