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To Believe, or Not to Believe: Credibility in Question
“Every action or perceived inaction shapes credibility.” – Mindy Hall “Belief gives knowledge credibility.” – Steven Redhead “Lack of credibility slays your character” – Bernard Kelvin Clive “It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily.” – Giorgio Napolitano Establishing and maintaining credibility is essential…
Keep readingAccuracy in Assessment
“Accuracy builds credibility.” – Jim Rohn “Nobody sees reality whole; we all need others to show us the parts of it that they see better than we do. Nobody sees reality with total accuracy; we all need others to correct our own vision.” ‒ Lewis B. Smedes “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that…
Keep readingWhat’s at Stake? The role of stakeholders in evaluation
The stakeholder approach to business sees integration rather than separation, and sees how things fit together. – John Mackey We need to develop and disseminate an entirely new paradigm and practice of collaboration that supersedes the traditional silos that have divided governments, philanthropies and private enterprises for decades and replace it with networks of partnerships working…
Keep readingThe [Wo]man in the Arena
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who…
Keep reading“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.“
-Theodore Roosevelt
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