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Leadership Quotes For Work
Quotes for the workday: team meetings, presentations, appreciation, farewells, accountability and hard decisions, each with a source and a note on when to use it.
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Change Management Quotes for Leaders: 21 Sourced Lines for Every Stage
Change management quotes checked at the source, sorted by moment: the case for change, pushback, the messy middle. Plus 7 famous lines with shaky credits.
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Quotes About Excellence: 17 Sourced Lines, From Aristotle to Lombardi
17 quotes about excellence checked at the source, from Aristotle and Daniel to Lombardi and Gardner, plus who really wrote "excellence is a habit".

Mentor and Mentee Quotes: 20 Lines With Sources, From the Original Mentor to Today
20 mentor quotes checked at the source, from Homer's original Mentor to Seneca and Rita Pierson, with thank-you note tips and 7 misattributed lines.

End of Year Quotes for Work: 23 Sourced Lines for the Last Meeting, the Year-End Note and January
23 end of year quotes for work, from Dickens and Tennyson to Bible verses, sorted by moment and traced to their sources, plus 11 year-end misquotes fixed.

Active Listening Quotes: 23 Lines for Leaders, From the 1957 Booklet That Named It to the Bible
23 active listening quotes for leaders and managers, from Rogers and Mandela to Bible verses, each traced to its source, plus 10 listening misquotes fixed.

Hard Decision Quotes: 21 Lines for Leaders Making a Tough Call, Each Traced to Its Source
21 hard decision quotes for leaders, from Caesar and Drucker to Bezos and the Bible, each traced to its source, plus a 4-question check and 10 misquotes.

Work Ethic Quotes: 18 Sourced Lines, From Hesiod and Proverbs to Kobe Bryant
18 work ethic quotes traced to their sources, from Hesiod and the Bible to Edison, Ali and Kobe Bryant, plus 6 hard-work lines that carry the wrong name.

Emotional Intelligence Quotes for Leaders: 15 Sourced Lines, From Aristotle to Goleman
15 emotional intelligence quotes for leaders, each traced to its source and sorted by Goleman's five components, plus 7 lines that carry the wrong name.

Quotes About Bad Leadership: 12 Sourced Lines on Toxic, Weak and Corrupt Leaders
12 quotes about bad leadership, traced to their sources and sorted by type: corrupt, rigid, toxic and weak leaders, micromanagers, plus 6 misattributions.

Work Anniversary Quotes for Employees: 13 Sourced Lines for 1, 5, 10 and 20 Years
13 work anniversary quotes for employees, sorted by milestone (1, 5, 10, 20+ years), each traced to its source, plus lines for yourself and a note method.

Integrity Quotes for Work and Leadership: 12 Lines Traced to Their Sources
12 integrity quotes for work and leadership, from Drucker to Brené Brown, each traced to its book or speech, plus 7 common attribution errors to avoid.

Quotes About Trust in the Workplace: 12 Lines Traced to Their Sources, From Confucius to Drucker
12 quotes about trust in the workplace, each traced to its memo, book or speech, plus how to rebuild trust and 10 popular trust quotes with the wrong name.

Quotes to Start a Presentation: 13 Sourced Openers, Matched to the Talk You're Giving
13 quotes to start a presentation, Cicero to Seinfeld, each traced to its source and matched to a talk type, plus 11 popular openers with the wrong name.
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- Teamwork Quotes for Work: 11 Lines With Real Sources, Matched to What Your Team Is Going Through
- Farewell Quotes for a Boss: 11 Sourced Lines for the Card, the Speech and the Last Day
- Employee Appreciation Quotes for Hard Work: 13 Sourced Lines, Sorted by the Moment You Need One
- Accountability Quotes for the Workplace: 12 Leaders Who Owned the Outcome, in Their Exact Words
- Quotes for Team Meetings: 16 Sourced Lines by Meeting Type, and How to Use One in 30 Seconds
- Inspirational Quotes for Managers: 9 Lines From People Who Ran Real Teams, and When to Use Each
- Team Leader Quotes: 12 Sourced Lines for New Leads, Thank-You Notes and Farewells
- Boss Appreciation Quotes for Boss's Day: 10 Sourced Lines and How to Write the Card