Quotes about Development

You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. And you will not change unless you change something you do every day.

Don't see change as something hurtful that must be done—see it as something helpful that can be done.

Remember that the best leader should be responsible for hiring other leaders.

Don't avoid paying the immediate price of change—if you do, you will pay the ultimate price of never improving.

Leaders have to grow into their roles, and if the role becomes more demanding, the leader has to keep growing. Leadership is never a right. It's a privilege and a responsibility. But it's one that is open to anyone who's willing to work hard enough to get it.

Progress always requires change.

No one has ever stayed the same while at the same time rising to a higher level. Being willing to change is one of the prices we pay to grow.

As you work today, take someone with you so that he can learn from you.

Climbing to the higher levels of leadership isn't easy. It takes effort. It also requires sacrifices. You won't be able to win one level using the skills you used to win the last one. You'll have to give up some privileges and resources to move up. You'll have to give up doing some of the things you love that don't give a great enough return on your time. And some people you'd love to take with you to the top will refuse to go.

Life is a series of outcomes. Sometimes the outcome is what you want. Great. Figure out what you did right. Sometimes the outcome is what you don't want. Great. Figure out what you did so you don't do it again.

You will be able to reach your potential and help your organization reach its loftiest goals only if you begin developing leaders instead of merely attracting followers. Leaders who develop leaders experience an incredible multiplication effect in their organizations that can be achieved in no other way.

Maturity doesn't come with age. It begins with the acceptance of responsibility.