Latest Don Yaeger Quotes from Interviews

• A group of amazingly high achievers can be brought together and play together, and all believe that they are competing for something bigger than themselves. Those players are so used to being patted on the back and told how good they are. Frankly, those are usually the hardest people to remind that they are aspiring to achieve something bigger than themselves.

  Don Yaeger

  Believe, Player, People

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• I'm a believer that charisma makes a huge difference in people's decisions to follow you. However, it's not just that you say it well, but it's that you know it well. It helps if you can say it well enough that people want to follow you. Charisma isn't required, but it makes a big difference.

  Don Yaeger

  People, Decision, Helping

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• Leadership belongs to all of us. I'm a big believer in John Maxwell, a leadership speaker and author, who talks about the 360-degree leader. Before leading others, you have to learn to lead yourself. Wherever you work in an organization you have to learn to lead up, lead down, and lead side to side. Leadership belongs to all of us. You have to see yourself, and believe in yourself in the way that we are talking about here to give to those that you lead.

  Don Yaeger

  Believe, Giving, Leader

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• Knowing your opponent is a crucial part of emulating and defeating that opponent. But scouting is only the first step. Too many leaders spend countless hours studying an opponent's every move in the search for an edge. The Great Teams understand not only how to scout but also how to exploit the weaknesses of a competitor. These teams analyze every perspective and option and position themselves to take full advantage of any knowledge gained about an opponent.

  Don Yaeger

  Team, Moving, Perspective

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• External scouting is of limited value if it's not teamed with rigorous self- examination. Successful coaches or managers have learned the value of utilizing an outside opinion to give them a fresh look at their personnel. This unbiased view provides an even greater insight, which in turn helps the coach develop flexibility within the team.

  Don Yaeger

  Team, Successful, Giving

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• When leaders of a professional team perform a scan, they examine the trends dominating their customer demographics, education, government policy, and especially their competition.

  Don Yaeger

  Team, Leader, Competition

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• The success of corporate mentorship programs developed by some of the Great Teams in business demonstrates how powerful this concept can be and what a difference it can make. As General Electric has shown, when a corporate culture includes mentorship, the end result is a dynamic learning environment with leaders constantly shaping leaders.

  Don Yaeger

  Powerful, Team, Leader

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• There is a strong sense of understanding, appreciation, shared responsibility, and trust that unites and motivates the team to work together.

  Don Yaeger

  Appreciation, Strong, Team

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• One way Great Teams can connect their team members together is through the glue of mentoring.

  Don Yaeger

  Team, Together, Mentoring

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• One way Great Teams can share their visions is by creatively laying out their plans and visions, creating a road map for its members to follow. A Great Team outlines expectations for all members of an organization and for the organization as a whole. This clear-cut set of objectives - a road map - enables the organization to set benchmarks and goals and ultimately to lay the foundation for its own success.

  Don Yaeger

  Team, Goal, Expectations

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• Companies that understand the purpose and philosophy behind the "why" are usually astute, high- performing organizations that tap directly into the pulse of those they benefit the most. When utilized correctly, this understanding can create a powerful sense of duty and purpose for business teams because the employees know exactly whom they are working for and to what end.

  Don Yaeger

  Powerful, Philosophy, Team

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• Great companies connect to the heartstrings of their employees to make their purposes known.

  Don Yaeger

  Heart, Purpose, Employee

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• The challenge CEOs will face three to five years from now is the same one that they face today. That is engagement. It's hard to keep people engaged in what they are doing. As this generation grows up around social media like Twitter where things are 140 characters, how do you keep them engaged all hours every day at work? How do you keep them focused on the big goals you have?

  Don Yaeger

  Growing Up, Character, People

  "Don Yaeger on “Great Teams”: Part 1". Interview With Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. September 28, 2016.

• John Wooden would say never mistake activity for achievement. Sometimes we think we're really doing well on a given day. But 'What did you accomplish?' is the question that we should really be asking not 'What did we do?'

  Don Yaeger

  Mistake, Thinking, Achievement

• The great ones realize that what you did yesterday guarantees you nothing today. The challenge is too many people are busy celebrating yesterday's success.

  Don Yaeger

  People, Challenges, Today

  "Don Yaeger on “Great Teams”: Part 1". Interview With Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. September 28, 2016.

• We all think that the answer to everything is to add more and to do more and to try more. Sometimes you have to have the discipline to say no and to believe in the process that you have established.

  Don Yaeger

  Believe, Thinking, Discipline

  "Don Yaeger on “Great Teams”: Part 1". Interview With Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. September 28, 2016.

• My formal education as an extension to my college degree in journalism was the time that I spent working with the student newspaper. I would argue that my greatest education occurred by working for the student newspaper. It wasn't necessarily the classroom work that made my formal education special. It was the idea that I had the opportunity to practice it before I went into the real world.

  Don Yaeger

  Real, Opportunity, College

  "Don Yaeger on “Great Teams”: Part 1". Interview With Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. September 28, 2016.

• What I know now is that everybody in life, no matter where you are or what you do, must be able to sell in order to be successful. I used to believe that I could be successful on talent alone. What I realize now is that I can only be successful if I can have people buy my talent.

  Don Yaeger

  Believe, Successful, People

  "Don Yaeger on “Great Teams”: Part 1". Interview With Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. September 28, 2016.

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