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Sunday, August 17, 2008
MAXIMIZER (Excelencia) quotations & proverbs
Please post your favorite quotations and proverbs with regard to the Maximizer talent!
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"An (effective executive) has learned the hard way how many men who looked like geniuses when they worked elsewhere show up as miserable failures six months after they have started working for us."
Peter Drucker in "The Effective Executive", p. 107
I believe one important reason for this is a mismatch between talents and organizational culture. As is very well explained in the book "First Break All The Rules" on page 99 ff. "Talent: How Great Managers Find It", the same job can require quite different talents depending on the organizational culture and strategy.
People with Maximizer can develop the strength to identify talents/strengths in other people and match them to the organization's need. This can turn them into very effecitve executives!
"One hires new people to expand on an already established and smoothly running activity.But one starts something new with veterans, with people of tested and proven strength."
Peter Drucker in "The Effective Executive", p. 107
“Are particular themes more suitable for managers?
No -- and yes. In our [= Gallup’s] research, we have found thousands of great managers whose Signature Themes differ quite a bit. However, we've also found that many successful managers have similar Signature Themes. For example, many possess Developer in their top five, and this enables them to spot small increments of growth in their employees. Other Signature Themes common to managers include: Focus, the ability to distinguish between a short cut and a distraction; Individualization, the ability to identify and play to the uniqueness of each employee; Activator, an unrelenting drive to make a decision and act; Arranger, the ability to size up the elements of a situation and rearrange them in the most productive configuration; and Maximizer, the natural inclination to take people or endeavors from good to great.”
Source: http://gmj.gallup.com/content/568/particular-themes-more-suitable-managers.aspx
“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.”
William Arthur Ward
"When in doubt, don't hire - keep looking. (Corollary: a company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.)
Jim Collins in "From Good to Great", p. 63
"To achieve results, one has to use all the available strengths - the strengths of associates, the strengths of the superior, and one's own strengths. These strengths are the true opportunities. To make strength productive is the unique purpose of organization. It cannot, of course, overcome the weaknesses with which each of us is abundantly endowed. But it can make them irrelevant. Its task is to use the strengths of each man as a building block for joint performance."
Peter Drucker in "The Effective Executive"
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