I
had a boss once who always wanted to do everything better
than everyone else (his competition in the food chain),
and he wanted to do everything (so everything was priority
#1.) His slogan was "It only costs a nickel more to go first
class!" This was supposed to motivate us to give our all
on everything we did. Our out-of-earshot reply was: "You
ever tried to buy a first-class ticket?" — D.B.
A
bump in the road is either an obstacle to be fought or an
opportunity to be enjoyed…it is all up to you. —
G.E.
Management's
job is to find out what it is doing that keeps people from
doing a good job, and stop doing it. — K.C.
"Be
all that you can be" really means that a superior will tell
you what, when, and how much to do and in no way are you
to go one step beyond those boundaries without risk of being
dismissed. — M.A.
Another
contrite motivational slogan — "You need to think like
a winner to be a winner." — J.W.
My
favorite is when a sales supervisor asks: "Is there anything
I can do to help?" Translation: I am not doing anything
but I want to make sure you are so that I get my quota.
— J.H.
