Questions are far more effective than defensive statements. They do not imply agreement, but they do convey interest and a desire to understand and facilitate an environment for peak performance, a central thread of effective leadership.... The next time someone accuses you of virtually anything, ask some questions. Resolving the situation may take more time, but the outcome will likely be more productive for both of you.
People live up to your expectations, not their potential. - Stephen Young
People live up to your expectations, not their potential.
- Stephen Young
Persistence goes a lot farther than brains. - Stephen Young
Persistence goes a lot farther than brains.
Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits. - Stephen Young
Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.
Moral capitalism is possible; if not, its strictures are only a kind of misleading vanity, the rhetoric of a secular piety. - Stephen Young
Moral capitalism is possible; if not, its strictures are only a kind of misleading vanity, the rhetoric of a secular piety.
It's great to see the World Rowing Championships returning to U.S. soil for the first time in 25 years. I am even more excited that it will be taking… - Stephen Young
It's great to see the World Rowing Championships returning to U.S. soil for the first time in 25 years. I am even more excited that it will be taking…
Questions are far more effective than defensive statements. They do not imply agreement, but they do convey interest and a desire to understand and f… - Stephen Young
Questions are far more effective than defensive statements. They do not imply agreement, but they do convey interest and a desire to understand and f…
Capitalism is of this material world; it provides us with the means to live; it empowers us within the known world of sense and human reason. If it i… - Stephen Young
Capitalism is of this material world; it provides us with the means to live; it empowers us within the known world of sense and human reason. If it i…
Micromessaging -- communicating with other human beings through visual, audible, sublingual means, no doubt predates our ability to speak. We actuall… - Stephen Young
Micromessaging -- communicating with other human beings through visual, audible, sublingual means, no doubt predates our ability to speak. We actuall…
We haven't figured out a way to get sensors that can discriminate between decoys and warheads. The technology doesn't exist yet. - Stephen Young
We haven't figured out a way to get sensors that can discriminate between decoys and warheads. The technology doesn't exist yet.
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