Susan Scott Quotes

#1. People feel disrespected when they show up and others don't. The message received is that those who arrive late value their own time more than that of their colleagues.

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#2. You can't order me away, you pissant human--"
"I just did." Kas swept past him...

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#3. Has a sense of humor. (Preferably warped.) We know who we are

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#4. The dragon marking rested, his fangs concealed and his eyes shut.
"Your dragon is pleased," she said.
"Indeed, he is.

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#5. Remember that what gets talked about and how it gets talked about determines what will happen. Or won't happen. And that we succeed or fail, gradually then suddenly, one conversation at a time.

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#6. There is something within us that responds deeply to people who level with us.

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#7. What pleasure is there in life without beauty?" Dulcie slid a silken blue fold down so her right hip bone showed, and nodded with approval.
"Beauty won't fill your belly or keep you warm."
Dulcie chuckled. "You might be surprised.

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#8. Accountable Authentic Collaborative Courageous Passionate Lifelong learner Welcomes feedback Biased toward action Solution oriented Change agent

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#9. What is needed now is for leaders to become more open, more flexible, less egoistic and less hypocritical. We must loosen our death grip on whatever we believe to be the truth simply because it is how we want the truth to look. We must be honest with ourselves and invite honesty from others.

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#10. Before she could touch him, he stepped back. "I've no need of a human."
"Half-Light," she corrected, still meeting his gaze in the surface. "I've no need of a dragon magician.

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#11. How can something as necessary as breathing be immoral?

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#12. If you are open, vulnerable, disclosing, more likely than not it will be reciprocated and walls will come down.

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#13. First Globals are ready to go anywhere, experience everything, and work and live in exotic places, and for them, family life takes priority over work life and a flexible, diverse, collaborative, fun learning environment is key.

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#14. Her people, the Half-Lights, were the by-blows of the full-blood Magicians and humans. As such, they were outcasts from both kingdoms. Their magic was too unpredictable for the magicians, and too magic - period - for the humans.

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#15. The great differentiator going forward, the next frontier for exponential growth, the place where individuals and organizations will find a new and sustainable competitive edge, resides in the area of human connectivity.

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#16. The big deal is that if employees aren't engaged, your company will suffer.

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#17. inclusion + engagement = execution muscle

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#18. Stop talking about inclusion and engagement and start including and engaging in every conversation, every meeting.

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#19. Once you achieve intimacy and connection, I predict that innovation, partnership, execution and success won't be far behind.

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#20. As a leader, you get what you tolerate. People do not repeat behavior unless it is rewarded.

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#21. Burnout ... occurs because we're trying to solve the same problem over and over.

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#22. What matters anywhere in your organization, matters everywhere in your organization.

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#23. Listen. In every office you hear the threads of love and joy and fear and guilt, the cries for celebration and reassurance, and somehow you know that connecting those threads is what you are supposed to do and business takes care of itself.

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#24. I have not yet witnessed a spontaneous recovery from incompetence.

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#25. The truth will set you free - but first it may thoroughly irritate you.

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#26. You can't purchase me with a bunch of stones."
"I wouldn't dream of purchasing you." Cullen laughed low in his chest and smiled, this time showing even white teeth. "You're too much trouble. I thought I'd just steal you for a bit.

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#27. Beauty and power was commonplace to the dragons as mud and manure to a stable boy.

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#28. We resent being talked to. We'd rather be talked with.

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#29. What has you roaring like a bull with his prick hung in a fence?

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#30. Our power as individuals is multiplied when we gather together as families, teams, and communities with common goals.

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#31. Everyone wants one person in the world to whom they can tell the truth and from whom they will hear the truth. Become that person.

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#32. Forbidden fruit makes a wonderful wine." Vazco gave him a leading look. "But leaves a hell of a headache.

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#33. No matter what your job is, the key is your context, your beliefs about your responsibility to customers and the relationships you intend to enjoy or endure with them.

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