From time to time on the Brand Autopsy blog, I share "money quotes" from business books I've recently read. This presentation shares "money quotes" from Dale Dauten's book, "GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY" (Wiley).

1. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY How Gifted Bosses Hire and De-Hire Their Way to Success DALE DAUTEN

2. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES “ The best managers work at not managing. Here’s my formula for effortless leadership success: (a) 90% hiring (and de-hiring) (b) 10% training (c) 0% managing . (If an employee can’t be inspired and needs managing, see A.)” GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pgs. xv, 90)

3. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES “ You can lead an employee to water, but if you find one who knows a better path to the water, shut up and get a bucket.” GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pg. 11)

4. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES “ Instead of hiring people you like, the criterion of most gifted bosses is hiring people you can admire. Not admire for their lifestyle or personality but admire for their work and their commitment to it.” GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pg. 17)

5. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES “ Great employees are almost never in the traditional job market—they’re good and they know it, so they make it known that they are available.” GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pg. 16)

6. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES “ If your receptionist is growing, then so is your company.” GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pg. 36) Quote from David Baker, commissioner of the Arena Football League

7. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pg. 39) Quote from Kip Tindell, president of The Container Store “‘ One great person equals three good people.’ … Following that logic, you can pay a great employee double and still come out ahead.”

8. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES “ The first step in inspiring people is to make it clear that they will get credit, along with your help in advancing their careers. You aren’t managing them — you are inviting them to be lifelong allies.” GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pg. 88)

9. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES “ The best employees want to manage themselves , and the Great Employees Only boss is eager to let them.” GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pg. 101)

10. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES “ If you want people to self-manage, you have to give them the data to know when they are succeeding.” GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pg. 101)

11. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES “ Competitors can steal your ideas, your processes, and even your employees, but they can’t steal the magnetic environment that you, as a Great Employees Only boss, create.” GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY DALE DAUTEN (pg. 129)

12. BIZ BOOK MONEY QUOTES GREAT EMPLOYEES ONLY How Gifted Bosses Hire and De-Hire Their Way to Success DALE DAUTEN