[space size=”” line=”yes” style=”solid”] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]In God we trust. All others bring data.

— W. Edwards Deming[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]Two basic rules of life are: Change is inevitable. Everybody resists change.

— W. Edwards Deming[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]Failing to thrive? Subsistence staffing is not the answer. Employees don’t only add costs; they do work that increases profitability, too.

— From People, Technology, Profit: Practical Ideas for a Happier, Healthier Practice Business by Laurie Morgan[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]A bad system will beat a good person every time.

— W. Edwards Deming[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]85% of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the system and process rather than the employee. The role of management is to change the process rather than badgering individuals to do better.

— W. Edwards Deming[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

— Peter Drucker[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]When values are clear, decision-making is easy.

— Roy Disney[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do!  That is character.

— Theodore Roosevelt[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]Celebrate what you want to see more of.

— Tom Peters[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]Not all problems have a technological answer, but when they do, that is a more lasting solution.

— Andy Grove[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.

— Tom Peters[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.

— Tom Peters[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]Empowerment is about letting go so that others can get going.

— Kenneth Blanchard[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]Think outside the box. Your imagination is a preview of coming attractions.

— Albert Einstein[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

— John Wooden[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.

— John Atkinson[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.

— Theodore Roosevelt[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#fff3b2″ effect=”none”]There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.

— Edith Wharton[/blockquote] [blockquote border_color=”#b2beff” bg_color=”#ffffff” effect=”none”]The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.

— Peter Drucker[/blockquote]