Quotes from Jim McCormick

business life. Believe it or not, they're more important to your future than the president of your company. This bit of knowledge has always seemed obvious, yet many new managers spend almost all their time planning their upward communication and give only a passing glance to the people who really control their future.

When you create a setting where your people see that their efforts are contributing to a positive outcome well beyond what they could achieve individually, they will be more motivated and find greater meaning in what they do.

The advice in this book centers around two overarching messages: Be thoughtful in your actions and always conduct yourself with class. You will never regret either.

Leaders can also set aside matters of personality and make decisions based on fact.

Almost without exception, managers say the most important ingredients in hiring a new employee are experience, qualifications, and education. They rarely come up with the missing ingredient: attitude. You can hire an employee with all the experience, education, and qualifications you could hope for, but if the person has a bad attitude, you have just hired a problem employee. On the other hand, you can hire a person with less experience, education, and

Why do you want to work here?" ??"What makes you think you're qualified for this job?" ??"Are you interested in this job because of the salary?" Dumb questions like these will make you a rotten interviewer. You must strive to put the prospect at ease so that you can carry on a conversation.