Communication

Communication: We encourage open communication and the sharing of ideas to enhance the decision-making process.

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. John Adams
I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say. Margaret Thatcher
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. Confucius
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. Edmund Burke
Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease. John Witherspoon
Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission. Pat Riley
When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. Thomas Jefferson
You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best. Andrew Carnegie
In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved. Rupert Murdoch
The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them. Dean Rusk
I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said. Alan Greenspan
People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were. Edward R. Murrow
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway
Be sincere; be brief; be seated. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now. Woodrow Wilson
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca