David Cottrell Quotes about Leadership - Page 2

Everything you do matters because your team is watching ... and depending on you to do the right thing.

Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them ... not you.

We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.

It is rare for people to say they want to be held accountable, but in reality, everyone wants everyone else to be held accountable.

When you write things down, you commit to doing them. If you simply tell me what you want to do, there is really no commitment to getting it done.

There are a few things that you can do that will yield better results than doing a whole lot of other things.

There is no 'grand conspiracy' preventing your from accomplishing what you need to do.

The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people.

Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.

Don't stifle your career by limiting you knowledge.

The truth is that problems won't just go away.

Leaders who have integrity possess one of the most respected virtues in all of life.

If your focus is always changing, expect confusion to be rampant on your team.

Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past.

You are the chief bucket filler, and the best way to fill buckets is with excellent communication.

Take the time and energy to manage your boss the same way you manage your team.

For you to be successful and provide your employees with the necessary tools for success, you and your boss must work together - no matter what.

You can help determine your team's enthusiasm for the change by focusing on the entrance of potential while you are working through the exit of the past.

Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.

What you see in the interview will not get significantly better when the individual is hired.