Leadership Trainer Prints

'Greetings and welcome to my new play called 'King Lear.' It's about delegation, succession, and decentralization.'

"He just returned from a motivational seminar."

How leaders fail

'All his life, Mel has been convinced that he's a poster boy for something... he's just never been able to figure out what, exactly.'

Performance Management: "We decided to get rid of the stick and just use the carrots."

"Questions have been raised about our leadership skills!"

"I've tried cool phrases like "Teamwork makes the dream work," but it isn't working. What could be wrong?"

"There goes the person that proved the Peter principal faster than anyone in history."

"Looks like we found the issue."

"This is a merit-based organization! Can't you see I’ve hired the very best and most qualified yes-men money can buy?"

'I hate leaving work when I feel I could have delegated more.'

'As a beginning teacher, you know you come here prepared to teach and become a good teacher. As you gain experience, you will learn that you also come here to care and become a great teacher.'

"I suppose just climbing the greasy pole is no longer an option..."

"C'mon people! All for me and me for me!"

I can outsource your job to someone who'll work longer hours for less money. Less money I can understand...but how do they make the hours longer than 60 minutes?

"Still believe leaders are born not developed?"

Dave realised that Clive didn't see problems,only 'challenges to be embraced'.

'....and that's our CEO. He's trying to find a corporate direction.'

"Leadership is about more than delegating all of your work."

Martin Luther King and Obama.

What it takes to be a leader.

London merchant telling a young employee that if he does not change his behaviour his career will go badly and he may end up becoming mayor

"It takes a special supervisor to admit he's wrong. So far I can admit to being a special supervisor. I'm still working on the second part."

'Why is it you never sign up for any trainings?'

"Successful leadership involves more than just shouting at people."

'He's always had difficulty giving people negative feedback!'

'Any questions?'

'I need to hire more people. I can't keep making all of these mistakes.'

Punch and Judy Sales Conference

"Womanaging Director - That's not equality. That's revenge!"

Positional authority

"I used to try and lead by example, but now I'm trying contemporary dance."

'I've studied the issues, reviewed the facts, considered all the alternatives and decided 'The hell with it'.'

"A workshop will be offered on the topic of decision-making....I could possibly take part....o the other hand...."

"When the report said that coaches should have some psychological training I think they meant more than having watched all 11 series of Frasier."