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The corporate world has the resources to improve the world. It's where people live and work.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Corporate Corporate World Improve Live People Resources Where Work World

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Even a brief interaction can change the way people think about themselves, their leaders, and the future. Each of those many connections you make has the potential to become a high point or a low point in someone's day.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: About Become Brief Change Connections Day Each Even Future High Interaction Leaders Low Make Many People Point Potential Someone Themselves Think Those Way You

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My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Campbell Come Course Every Food Heritage Love Meal Memorable Midwestern Most Mother Pie Potatoes Pumpkin Rice Roots Southern Stuffing Sweet Thanksgiving Turkey Which Wife I Love

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If you cultivate a relationship in a genuine, thoughtful way, people will be more inclined to want to help you even though they don't have to help you.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Cultivate Even Genuine Help Inclined More People Relationship Though Thoughtful Want Way Will You

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I would assert that highly effective leaders are made more than they're born. Every leader I know who's been highly effective has worked hard at it, and they've been students of it. The more you're a student of leadership, the more you figure out what works for you and the more effective you're going to be.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Assert Been Born Effective Every Figure Going Hard Highly Know Leader Leaders Leadership Made More Out Student Students Than Worked Works Would You

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Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Aligned Becomes Commitments Creating Deliver Direction Done Easier Enables Energy Everyone Excellence Execute Extraordinary Get Give Gives Go Inspire Job People Performance Permission Produce Results Them Trust You Your

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Ultimately as a leader, you're evaluated on how you interact with people. If you do it well, you develop a reputation as effective leader. If you don't, you develop a reputation for being a highly ineffective leader.

~Douglas Conant

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All of us introverts aspire to be more outgoing, but it's not in our nature. When I was nearly 50, I discovered that the best thing to do was to tell everyone I worked with that I'm just shy. People are not mind readers - you need to let them know.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Aspire Best Discovered Everyone Just Know Mind More Nature Nearly Need Our Outgoing People Readers Shy Shy People Tell Them Thing Us Worked You

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People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of your expectations of the organization and show people why it is relevant and how it works in specific ways.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Become Broken Company Complicated Every Expectations Hanging How Lead Lives Mission Organization People Record Relevant Show Show People Specific Statement Ways Why Word Works You Your

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I strongly believe that you can't win in the marketplace unless you win first in the workplace. If you don't have a winning culture inside, it's hard to compete in the very tough world outside.

~Douglas Conant

Topics: Believe Compete Culture First Hard Inside Marketplace Outside Strongly Tough Unless Very Win Winning Workplace World You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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