Quotes About Performance

When you're on stage you have a very strange knowledge of what the audience is. It isn't exactly a sound - it's a hum, like the streets.

Knowledge applied is productivity.

The test of our knowledge is not what we know, but what we can do.

Actions, not knowledge, bring result.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The best form of saying is doing.

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

Servant leadership always empathizes, always accepts the person, but sometimes refuses to accept some of the person's effort or performance as good enough.

If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.

Leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The rewards system is a powerful driver of behavior and therefore culture.

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality

Leadership means realizing potential-in yourself and in the people you lead.... The leader and followers cocreate their identities and performance.

Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.

As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold.

If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.

A job is bound to be miserable if it doesn't involve measurement.

Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.

When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.

The best solution for falling just short of the goal is to focus on the fundamentals but perform them better.

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.

As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don't ever think it can be self-defeating.

We could all use a little coaching. When you're playing the game, it's hard to think of everything.