#stan

'WASP' is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group but who are in the lower social strata, so it's inexplicably tied up with social standing and culture and history in a way that the other hyphenations just are not. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#apart #class #culture #ethnic #fact

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny. ↗

— Dee Hock

#leadership #nothing #only #subordinates #then

Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. ↗

— Dee Hock

#clothing #follows #forms #future #past

If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small cadre of very bright, committed people who are questioning, exploring and understanding these emerging concepts. ↗

— Dee Hock

#cadre #committed #concepts #ego #emerging

What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction. ↗

— Dee Hock

#become #clarity #code #common #common way

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral. ↗

— Dee Hock

#ephemeral #form #substance

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income. ↗

— Dee Hock

#business #closest #closest thing #expense #form

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future. ↗

— Dee Hock

#apply #compare #concepts #course #determine

No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there's people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I'm my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#always #am #because #behind #biggest

The right of the people to a substantive part in the government of the Church is recognized and sanctioned by the apostles in almost every conceivable way. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#apostles #church #conceivable #every #government