A Thought From Theodore Roosevelt

Our "Participative Management" program focuses on the idea of hiring good people, training them well, giving them clear assignments, then getting out of the way and letting them do their jobs. Carrie Norris, supervisor-in-training at Staples, Inc., Wauregan, CT recently completed that program in Danielson, CT. On the last day of class she told me how our discussion on empowering employees reminded her of a saying she she valued highly. She was kind enough to share it with me so I can share it with you.

"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it." -- Theodore Roosevelt.

Thanks Carrie!


About me: Dan Pelley teaches leadership and facilitation skills that encourage high levels of performance from empowered employees as part of his "Participative Management (Building High Performance Teams)" program, one of five programs leading to a Certificate in Supervisory Management. 137 companies in Connecticut (CT), Rhode Island (RI), Massachusetts (MA) and New York (NY) have one or more people who earned this certificate.