Margaret Heffernan
Margaret Heffernan
Margaret Heffernan is an international businesswoman, author, interviewer, and TED speaker. She is currently settled in the UK in the city of Bath...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
selfish mean men
money appears to motivate only our interest in ourselves, making us selfish and self-centered...Money makes people feel self-sufficient, which also means they don't need or care about others; it's each man for himself
religion certainty correctness
Certainty is no guarantor of correctness.
gratitude jobs numbers
All businesses and jobs depend on a vast number of people, often unnoticed and unthanked, without which nothing really gets done. They are all human and deserve respect and gratitude.
ladders higher sad-truth
One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.
different employee unpredictable
Business is not a science; it is not susceptible to experiments that can be controlled and replicated. Everything in business is too unpredictable for that - every business, employee, product, market is different and keeps changing.
powerful honesty weapons
There is no more powerful weapon for change than honesty.
mother father cutting
In our house, Mother's Day is every day. Father's Day, too. In our house, parents count. They do important work and that work matters. One day just doesn't cut for us.
real leader fool
Any fool can buy talent; only real leaders develop it.
mother grateful hard-work
As a mother, I work hard every day and I expect that work to be recognized and appreciated. Because I work for and with human beings, sometimes they're grateful and sometimes they aren't.
ideas people mind
Most people have their best ideas when they take their minds away from problems they're trying to solve.
reflection firsts action
Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.
opportunity stay-focused turns
In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down.
thinking conflict ifs
If we aren't going to be afraid of conflict, we have to see it as thinking.
thinking online company
I don't think a true company - one that builds sustainable value - can ever only exist online or remotely.