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Obviously, you have to know what you need now and what you will soon need, then hire or promote from within to meet those needs.

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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Obviously
Soon
Meet
Within
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No idea will work if people don't trust your intentions toward them.
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It's odd that I'm a big name in America and not known in Britain.
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It remains true that great managers recognize individualities and focus on developing strengths rather than weaknesses. Great leaders, in sharp contrast, recognize what is (or could be) shared in common - a vision, a dream, a mission, whatever - and inspire others to join them in the given enterprise.
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There is no shortage of mechanisms by which to measure almost anything.
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The time you spend with your best (employees) is, quite simply, your most productive time.
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I think a good business book has one coherent idea that is richly played out.
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Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.
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It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain that success for the long term. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are star examples.
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Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing toward the right-hand edge of the bell curve.
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The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.
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Focusing on strengths is the surest way to greater job satisfaction, team performance and organizational excellence.
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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.
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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.
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The fact remains that we have an obligation to discover what we really, really, really want to do (which is probably what we do best) and then do it even better... much better.
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If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success.
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