What I always say is, 'Do every job you're in like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it.'
Interpretation
Approach every task with dedication and a sense of ownership as if it were your lifelong commitment.
This quote by Mary T. Barra emphasizes the importance of taking ownership and demonstrating commitment in every role or responsibility one undertakes. By treating each job with the seriousness and passion it deserves, individuals can foster a sense of purpose and accountability, ultimately leading to personal growth and greater success in their careers.
In practice
In an employee training session to inspire commitment.
If you want to make a difference in the lives of the people you lead, you must be willing to walk alongside them, to lift and encourage them, to share moments of understanding with them, and to spend time with them, not just shout down at them from on high.
Value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.
Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.
I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself. and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.
Presidents get to decide how their intelligence is served up to them, and it's the job of intelligence to adjust.
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