by Bryan Yager | Feb 18, 2019 | Culture, Leadership, Success, Uncategorized
First a quote: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” ― attributed to Peter Drucker While many people attribute the quote above to Peter Drucker, it should be noted the phrase does not seem to appear in any of Drucker’s 39 published books on management theory....
by Bryan Yager | Feb 11, 2019 | Diversity, Leadership, Optimism, Pessimism, Uncategorized
First a quote: “I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.” ― Lisa Kleypas, author If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I like to write about positive energy and how important it is for leaders to be forward looking,...
by Bryan Yager | Feb 4, 2019 | Energy, Growth, Leadership, Millennials, Uncategorized
First a quote: “Become the kind of leader people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” – Brian Tracy Did you know young sunflower blooms follow the sun across the sky every day until they are fully mature? I certainly didn’t. However, I...
by Bryan Yager | Jan 28, 2019 | Happiness, Health, Leadership, Uncategorized
First a quote: “Health is not valued till sickness comes”. – Thomas Fuller Bill Gillispie, Jr., a good friend of mine, recently suggested I write an article on the importance of valuing, and appreciating, your health before it is gone. It’s true isn’t it, far too...
by Bryan Yager | Jan 21, 2019 | Attitude, Leadership, Success
First a quote: “Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.”— Robert Braathe I’m going to ask you to do something I often ask of workshop participants. This is an experiment of sorts. Know up front the task is only possible as a mental exercise...
by Bryan Yager | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Let’s Get Rid of Management was written by Harry Gray, then CEO of United Technologies, and published in the Wall Street Journal in the late 70’s or early 80’s. I have always appreciated the philosophy implied by Mr. Gray in this short column. In fact, I cut the...
by Bryan Yager | Jan 7, 2019 | Happiness, Leadership, Success
First a quote: “You can’t launch a new quest with old baggage.” – Spencer Johnson, M.D.; Out of the Maze As I draft this week’s MMM missive, Becky, my wife, is in her office cleaning out our 2018 office files and setting up new files for 2019. She does this...
by Bryan Yager | Dec 31, 2018 | Hope, Leadership
First a quote: “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” – Edith Lovejoy Pierce Each Monday I end my weekly missive with the question, “How will...
by Bryan Yager | Dec 24, 2018 | Giving, Happiness, Leadership
First a quote: “Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give others.”―Eleanor Roosevelt I have learned much from the many mentors in my career and life, both formal and...
by Bryan Yager | Dec 17, 2018 | Leadership, Motivation, Success
Do More Than You’re Paid to Do First a quote: “People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.” ― Elbert Hubbard, American Writer & Philosopher Good morning and happy Monday! I have always attributed my...
