Wake Up on The Right Side

A sure-fire way to assure waking up on the right side of the bed every day.…rearrange the furniture in your life #PeoplePrinciples  

Sustainability In the Midnight Hour

A simple test of process sustainability is learning from those working the midnight hours as to how it is embraced….or not #PeoplePrinciples

The Circle of Positivity

Rule#1 - Always assume positive intent. Rule#2 - if you can’t seem to, refer back to Rule #1 #PeoplePrinciples

Sometimes Take-the-Time Beats Just-in-Time

Just-in-time is a great process to follow for manufacturing excellence, for personal development planning….not so much #PeoplePrinciples

Doing Right Trumps Knowing Right....Every Time

Knowing the next right thing to do is not any way as powerful as DOING the next right thing. Start every day with action #PeoplePrinciples

The Powerful Quiet Ones

Never underestimate the power of an introvert #PeoplePrinciples

Discounts are Not Always Good

Discounts are usually a good thing….unless it is how you treat the ideas of others compared to your own #PeoplePrinciples

Move From "Have to" to "Want To"

People act for only 2 reasons either they “have to” or “want to”. Create an atmosphere where people want to participate #PeoplePrinciples

Accelerating Trust

If you feel a twinge of distrust, start the conversation by assuming positive intent….. trust will bloom more rapidly #PeoplePrinciples

Excellence in the Ordinary Breeds Extraordinary Outcomes

It is in doing the ordinary with excellence that we become extraordinary #PeoplePrinciples

Diversity Drives Unconventional Breakthroughs

The more people are respected for their differences, the more open organizations will be to unconventional breakthroughs #PeoplePrinciples

The Yield of Mistrust

Build organizations on trust. If you can’t trust those you work with, they’ll always seem to give reasons not to trust #PeoplePrinciples.

Learning a New Loyality

When the turmoil of this sluggish recession is over, I’m betting we’ll have learned a new sense of loyalty..to each other #PeoplePrinciples

Newborn or Oldborn.....Both Bundles of Potentiality

A newborn is a little bundle of potentiality, as an adult you are just a bigger bundle of the same, let your light shine #PeoplePrinciples

Incincerity: Easy to Spot.....and Leadership Limiting

People respond to genuine care and concern….while they see right through an insincere approach. #PeoplePrinciples

Diversity Drives Unity

With 43yrs service a retiring pastor gave this perspective “The strongest unity only happens with the strongest diversity” #PeoplePrinciples

Tap Passionate People First

It is far easier to tap the resources of passionate people to rally for a cause than to shake and wake the ambivalent #PeoplePrinciples

Micro-Manager.....Public or Private?

The self-proclaimed micro-manager being open about it, causes far less consternation than one who keeps it a secret #PeoplePrinciples

Lasting Self-Esteem is Self-Earned

Self-confidence grows by overcoming seemingly insurmountable problems; people grow best by earning their own self-esteem #PeoplePrinciples

How to Prevent the Most Dynamic Performance Improvement?

Keeping frontline people in the dark prevents their true light from shining and them being the prime drivers of performance improvement #PeoplePrinciples

They Believe and You Believe...in Them

People will achieve breakthrough results when they believe they can be successful & have the support system to guide them #PeoplePrinciples

A New Perspective is Required

Breakthrough improvement can only occur when the majority in an organization have new perspectives on how to work together #PeoplePrinciples

Ask Those Who Do The Work

The most knowledgeable people to ask about improving any type of work are those who do the work on a day-to-day basis #PeoplePrinciples

Look for Their Light

Inside every person lies an immense untapped reserve of personal performance potential... We just need to see their light. #PeoplePrinciples

Figuring Out the How Part

Give people clear and measurable expectations and let them "figure out the how part" #peopleprinciples