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Quotes About Engagement

A company is people … employees want to know… am I being listened to or am I a cog in the wheel? People really need to feel wanted.
~ Richard Branson
When bands are on stage and they ask the crowd, "Are you having a good time?" what they're really saying is, "I just want a bit of reassurance - is everything all right?"
~ Alexis Taylor
Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.
~ Katharine Whitehorn
You don't paint pictures to put them in your attic. You want people to look at them.
~ Joe Dante
If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?
~ Fran Lebowitz
The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.
~ Brian Eno
It takes committed, high energy, full-tilt boogie participation to have the kind of life you want.
~ Nicholas Lore
My motivation is to be creative and have fun. You want to do something that keeps you on your toes the rest of your life and keeps you busy.
~ Kris Jenner
When the customer makes contact, he does not want a quote. He wants a commitment.
~ Ron Kaufman
No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.
~ Ricardo Semler
JESUS: I'm not above it all--I'm right here in it, don't you see that?
~ Stephen Adly Guirgis
MOTHER TERESA: Boy, one must participate in one's own salvation. In order to hear, one must be willing to listen.
~ Stephen Adly Guirgis
People support what they have assisted to create.
~ Stephen Asbury
Every attitude we assume, ever word we utter, and every act we undertake establishes us in relation to others.
~ Stephen Batchelor
Life gets boring with only humans to talk to.
~ Stephen Baxter
Having worked out what matters most now, pass the message on to others and give them responsibility for carrying out their part in the plan. Keep it simple. Don't tell people what to do and how to do it. Instead, be as clear as you can about your intentions. Say what you want people to achieve and, above all, tell them why. Then ask them to tell you what they are going to do as a result.
~ Stephen Bungay
Understanding gets compliance. Only belief gets commitment.
~ Stephen Bungay
There are many reasons why people might only go through the motions. Two of the most common are that they do not believe a course of action is feasible or that they do not believe it makes sense.
~ Stephen Bungay
dogfight' is 'Kurvenkampf'' i.e. turning fight.
~ Stephen Bungay
Most people tire of a lecture in 10 minutes, clever people can do it in 5. Sensible people never go to lectures at all.
~ Stephen Butler Leacock
find creative ways to engage our customers. That's the key word: engage.
~ Stephen C. Lundin
Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.
~ Stephen Chbosky
Language is best taught when it is being used to transmit messages, not when it is explicitly taught for conscious learning.
~ Stephen D. Krashen
Leadership is essentially a task of persuasion—of winning people's minds and hearts.
~ Stephen Denning