Quotations on Coaching
Taken from “The Little Book of Coaching” by Ken Blanchard & Don Shula
Conviction-Driven
- Effective leaders stand for something.
- The problem with most leaders is that they don’t stand for anything. And yet, leadership implies movement toward something – a sense of direction.
3.Beliefs and convictions provide the boundaries and direction that people want and need in order to perform well.
4.Make sure everyone knows what the target is.
5.Without vision, the people perish.
6.Success is not forever, and failure isn’t fatal.
7.How you rebound from a setback speaks volumes about who you are.
8.Your attitude makes all the difference.
9.Character is the sum total of what you believe and how you act.
10.One who has mastered the art of living simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing.
Overlearning
1.Effective leaders help their teams achieve practice perfection.
2.If you’re going to compete today and be the best, you have to push yourself and others – hard.
3.Perfection happens only when the mechanics are automatic.
4.Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
Audible-Ready
1.If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight. If not, retreat and reevaluate.
2.Adaptation is not allowing yourself to give in to circumstances; it’s allowing those circumstances to give you success.
3.For waging war, you need guidance, and for victory – many advisors.
4Be prepared with a plan and then expect the unexpected and be ready to change your plan.
Consistency
1.Effective leaders are predictable in their response to performance.
2.Consistency is not behaving the same way all the time; it is behaving the same way in similar circumstances.
3.You can’t catch your people doing something right if you’re not there to see them doing something right.
4.One thing I never wanted to be accused of was not noticing.
5.If you’re going to take the time to do what’s urgent, be sure to take time to recognize what’s important.
6.There is no such thing as a minor mistake.
7.After you deliver a reprimand, it’s important for people to understand that you still value them as human beings.
Honesty-based
1.Victory if possible, integrity at all costs.
2.To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve.
3.Popularity is temporary. Respect is timeless.
4.Authenticity bridges the gap between what we say and what we do.
Provided by Pat Johnson DTM, Region 1, Candidate International Director, August 2004