soaring on the wings of change and taking others with you

Soaring on the Wings of Change and Taking Others with YouTerry L. Paulson, PhD

www.terrypaulson.com

Harriet Rubin The new economy is a dangerous place. It is unforgiving, and it measures human life in dog years: Three years wasted on the wrong pursuits, or, just as bad, in avoiding the right ones, leaves you 21 years older and farther off track. Theres never a time for comfort. Now, can you act as though you know that? The interesting challenge is to know that if you dont go far enough, youll never know how far you can go.


Heinrich con PiererFormer CEO of Siemens AGWe live in a global economy where the most important competition takes place in the competition of education systems and this is deciding whether youll be successful.


Thomas JeffersonInformation is the currency of democracy.


Felix SchellingAssociations and corporations will become even more influential and crucial as networks of people with common professional, cultural and social interests. They serve many of the functions now performed by governments.


J. Paul Getty In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.


January 21, 1829To: President Andrew Jackson The canal system of this country is being threatened by the spread of a new form of transportation known as railroads and the federal government must preserve the canals for the following reasons: If canal boats are supplanted by railroads, serious unemployment will result. Captains, cooks, drivers, hostlers, repairman, and lock tenders will be left without means of livelihood, not to mention the numerous farmers now employed growing hay for the horses....


Contd... Canal boats are absolutely essential to the defense of the United States. In the event of the expected troubles with England, the Erie Canal would be the only means by which we could ever move the supplies so vital to waging a modern war....


Contd As you may well know, Mr. President, railroad carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of 15 miles per hour by engines which, in addition to endangering life and limb of passengers, roar and snort their way through the countryside, setting fire to crops, scaring the livestock and frightening women and children. The Almighty certainly never intended that people should travel at such breakneck speed.

Martin Van Buren, Governor of New York



Anonymous SageRecognize that every out front maneuver you make is going to be lonely. If you feel entirely comfortable, then youre not far enough ahead to do any good. That warm sense of everything going well is usually the body temperature at the center of the herd.

Leaders Keep Selling the Need for ChangeBe the Music!


Andy GroveOnly the paranoid survive.


Im sorry you had a rough day at the office, but you have the wrong house.


Thomas C. GibsonPeople only change when confronted with strong leadership, crisis, or both. Therefore, unless you are willing to be at the whim of crises, strong leadership is the only reliable change force you have.

Drive and Enliven Your Vision, Mission and Values


Windowless cubicle 3217, Drone 446-N-3567 speaking. In order to continue achieving any immediate goal, I will need SOME Clue as to where we are going!


Joel BarkerVision without action is only a dream. Action without vision is just passing the time. Vision with action can change the world.


Roy WilliamsUNC Basketball Coach Be lead by your dreams, not just pushed by your problems.


Gary Hamel & C.K. PrahaladSpend as much time on opportunity management as you do on operations management.


John W. Gardner The first and last task of a leader is to keep hope alive.


Peter DruckerThe essence of strategy is denial.


John W. Gardner The first and last task of a leader is to keep hope alive.


Get down before you hurt yourself!


Karl Albrecht Discretionary effort is a function of being committed to giving something extra. If you're people believe in the cause, they are easy to lead.


Mark TwainAlways do what is right. It will gratify most of the people, and astound the rest.

The Courage to Keep Learning


Alvin TofflerThe illiterate of the future are not those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.


I just realized, Howard, that everything in this apartment is more sophisticated than we are.


Tom Peters Im simply suggesting that whether you stay with this company or go to another one, the person who sees a career as one of perpetual investment in education stands a lot better chance of surviving in todays world. Education is the only defense.


Edward Bales We teach collaborative problem-solving. In school thats called cheating.


Executive Development SystemsIf you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well, and youll be ready to stop managing and start leading.


Mr. Walker is busy at the moment building bridges, seeing if his high-achievers are performing at peak levels, building teamwork and a lot of other jazz he learned at Mondays management workshop.


Supporting Your Change EffortsReview the handout for this program at www.terrypaulson.com/articles.htmlFocus on three Keepers that will focus your training focus on your returnAccess Dr. Paulsons free e-mail series, 30 Days to Change Your Life at www.terrypaulson.com/change

Unleash the Power of Story in Support of Your Mission and Values


Edith WhartonThere are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.


Barbara WaughWorldwide Personnel Manager, HP LabsIm often introduced as being in charge of change. Im not in charge of anything. My role is to create mirrors that show the whole what the parts are doingthrough coffee talks and small meetings, through building a network, through bringing people together who have similar or complimentary ideas. You seek out the positive deviants and support them. You feed them; you give them resources and visibility.


Jack NicholsEvery person I work with knows something better than I. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.

Problem Solvers Care Enough to Confront


Pope John XXIIIIt often happens that I wake at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.


And so without further ado, heres the author of `Mind over matter.


Katie PaineFounder and CEO of the Delahaye GroupWe all make mistakes. But what really makes mistakes expensive is not admitting them right away. Business culture teaches us never to admit to our mistakes but to bury them instead or to blame someone else.


Robert TownsendA good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If your people fight each other openly in your presence for what they believe in--that's healthy. But keep all the conflict eyeball to eyeball.


Charlie BrownNo problem is too big or so complicated that it cannot be run away from!


Thats the way this job is, Bledsoe interminable periods of boredom and brief moments of intense excitement!


Robert Half The search for someone to blame is always successful.



Look, Bub! I dont make the rules, I only work here. I cant serve you until you smile!


Jan CarlzonFormer CEO of SASThe leaders most important role is to instill confidence in people. They must dare to take risks and responsibility. You must back them up if they make mistakes.

Use Bridge Building to Support Strategic Change


David ClarkeNetworks are very important, especially for building credibility. We have leaders, but theyre not appointed. Youre a leader by having followers. People have to be able to trust you, and networking becomes the way you build that trust. Once you have it, you can initiate change.


This is fine as far as it goes. From here on, its who you know.


Abraham LincolnI dont like that man. I must get to know him better.


Id thank you Harrison, but, as you well know, yours is a thankless job.


Newt HardieOur role as leaders is not to catch people doing things wrong but to create an environment in which people can become heroes.



Bear BryantIm just a plowhand from Arkansas, but I have learned how to hold a team together. How to lift some men up, how to calm down the others, until finally theyve got one heartbeat together, a team. Theres just three things Id ever say: If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. Thats all it takes to get people to win football games for you.


Ronald Heifetz Author of Leadership Without Easy Answers People need leadership to help them maintain their focus on the tough questions. Disciplined attention is the currency of leadership.

Have the Heart to Take Your Mission Seriously and Yourself Lightly


Victor BorgeLaughter is the shortest distance between two people.



The way we treat a headache here is to divert your attention to something else.


Russ Walden If you arent having fun in your work, fix the problem before it becomes serious; ask for help if you need it. If you cant fix it and wont ask for help, please go away before you spoil the fun for the rest of us.

Making Change Work Starts with You


Vince Lombardi Excellence isnt a sometimes thing. You have to earn it and reearn it every single day.


Walter HaileyThe most important part of the meeting is immediately after. What are they going to do with it once it is over?


Supporting Your Change EffortsReview the handout for this program at www.terrypaulson.com/articles.htmlFocus on three Keepers that will focus your training focus on your returnAccess Dr. Paulsons free e-mail series, 30 Days to Change Your Life at www.terrypaulson.com/change


Priceless ProverbsA miss is as good as a Mr!Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you have to blow your nose.He who marries for money... better be nice to his wife. A penny saved is not much.


*The two founding fathers most interested in education, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, both believed in disseminating schooling widely, but they had distinctly different purposes in mind. In Franklins case, training students to enter the World as economic actors, in Jeffersons, teaching them how to work out their greatest happiness as citizens. Universal public education didnt become established until the 19th century, when educators of a Jeffersonian bent, most notably Horace Mann, learned how to play the Franklin cardstressing the practical benefits of education as a way of persuading the public to pay taxes for it. So from the very beginning there has been a tension in public education: educators are mostly Jeffersons, and taxpayers whose support they need are mostly Franklins. Nicholas Lemann, New York Times Book Review* US educator *14***********27**27**27*32*16**7*7*10***38****71******71**36***38*83***87***40

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