Charles Handy
Charles Handy
Charles Handyis an Irish author/philosopher specialising in organisational behaviour and management. Among the ideas he has advanced are the "portfolio worker" and the "Shamrock Organization"...
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Charles Handy quotes about
success believe insecurity
I believe that a lot of our striving after the symbols and levers of success is due to a basic insecurity, a need to prove ourselves. That done, grown up at last, we are free to stop pretending.
study
This is just a preliminary study of this facility,
admission argue compromise greater men morality principles serve shall sign sounds strong
The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
inspirational mistake book
To learn anything other than the stuff you find in books, you need to be able to experiment, to make mistakes, to accept feedback, and to try again. It doesn't matter whether you are learning to ride a bike or starting a new career, the cycle of experiment, feedback, and new experiment is always there.
giving work-out people
The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world-not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.
inspiring light fire
We cannot wait for great visions from great people, for they are in short supply. It is up to us to light our own small fires in the darkness.
giving leader vision
A leader shapes and shares a vision, which gives point to the work of others.
strength struggle successful
The moment will arrive when you are comfortable with who you are, and what you are- bald or old or fat or poor, successful or struggling- when you don't feel the need to apologize for anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the beginning of strength.
change growth synonym
Change is only another word for growth, another synonym for learning.
real learning people
The best learning happens in real life with real problems and real people and not in classrooms.
communication thinking law
If there is one general law of communication it is that we never communicate as effectively as we think we do.
community purpose pieces
In a knowledge economy, a good business is a community with a purpose, not a piece of property.
challenges inspire want
The future is not inevitable. We can influence it, if we know what we want it to be.
running communication worst-moments
Some of my unhappiest moments have been in organizations. Somehow it seems to be quite respectable to do things in organizations that you would never do in private life. I have had people insult me to my face in front of colleagues. I have had my feelings rammed down my throat on the pretext that it would do me good. I have been required to do things which I didn't agree with because the organization wished it... In my worst moments I have thought organizations were places designed to be run by sadists and staffed by masochists.