Quotes

People can be encouraged to change, but if the structure of the system in which the individuals work does not support them or allow enough flexibility, improvements will fail.

Similarly, if the organisation's governance, policies, structures, time frames, and resource allocation are changed but the individuals within the organisation do not have the opportunities to learn how to work within the new system, the improvement effort will fail.

- Todnem & Warner (1994)

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

- Warren G Bennis

All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.

- John F Kennedy

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

- Harvey S Firestone (American industrialist)

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, bakwards, or sideways.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr