leadership and management

A manager’s emotional commitment is the ultimate trigger for their discretionary effort, worth more than financial, intellectual & physical commitment combined.

— Stan Slap

A manager’s emotional commitment is worth more than their financial, intellectual and physical commitment combined.

— Stan Slap

Any expert will tell you that if you want emotionally committed relationships then people must be allowed to be true to who they are.

— Stan Slap

At its best, leadership development is not an “event.” It’s a capacity-building endeavor. It’s a process of human growth and development.

— Linda Fisher Thornton

Being relevant to your customers only when you’re trying to sell something means choosing to be irrelevant to them for the rest of the time.

— Stan Slap

Careful now: even a financially rewarding, intellectually stimulating work environment isn’t the same as living your own values.

— Stan Slap

Companies should be the best possible place to practice fulfillment, to live out values and to realize deep connectivity and purpose.

— Stan Slap

Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work?

— Stan Slap

Emotional commitment is a personal choice. Managers understand this even if their companies don’t.

— Stan Slap

Emotional commitment means unchecked, unvarnished devotion to the company and its success; any legendary organizational performance is the result of emotionally committed managers.

— Stan Slap