Quotes by David Maister

David Maister

A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client’s bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensed by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy.

Inspiring

Knowing

Running

Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.

Inspiring

Leader

Succeed

Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow.

Believe

Compromise

Excellence

Don’t get stampeded by what people around you value. The task is to figure out what YOU value – and value highly enough to throw yourself into with unqualified passion.

Passion

People

Tasks

Focus on being the best you can at what you want to do.

Focus

Inspiring

Want

I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.

Believe

Ifs And

Inspiring

I will not accept your guidance and critique unless you are supportive and nurturing. On the other hand, you need to be continually demanding.

Hands

Inspiring

Supportive

If your clients aren’t actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn’t as great as you think it is.

Clients

Inspiring

Thinking

Left untended, knowledge and skill, like all assets, depreciate in value surprisingly quickly.

Assets

Depreciate

Skills

More than any other factor, it is the people we have to deal with that determine the quality of our work lives.

Inspiring

People

Quality

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Ifs And

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Inspiring

Integrity

Keys

Knowing

Labels

Leader

Long

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People

Persistence

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Quotes by David Maister

David Maister

A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client’s bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensed by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy.

Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.

Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow.

Don’t get stampeded by what people around you value. The task is to figure out what YOU value – and value highly enough to throw yourself into with unqualified passion.

Focus on being the best you can at what you want to do.

I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.

I will not accept your guidance and critique unless you are supportive and nurturing. On the other hand, you need to be continually demanding.

If your clients aren’t actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn’t as great as you think it is.

Left untended, knowledge and skill, like all assets, depreciate in value surprisingly quickly.

More than any other factor, it is the people we have to deal with that determine the quality of our work lives.

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