William Pollard Quotes

#1. It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that makes it a great decision. It is what we do after we make the decision to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision.

William Pollard

#2. Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

William Pollard

#3. To change is difficult. Not to change is fatal.

William Pollard

#4. Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.

William Pollard

#5. In examining the potential of individuals, we must focus on their strengths and not just their mistakes. We cannot be limited by what they may have spilled in the kitchen.

William Pollard

#6. Too often new ideas are studied and analyzed until they are suffocated.

William Pollard

#7. If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do.

William Pollard

#8. Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.

William Pollard

#9. It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.

William Pollard