It is your people who make the ultimate difference. You put the investment into training the people and then, when you get invited to the party with the big boys, that is a unique selling point.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This quote oddly claims investment in people is the key advantage when meeting powerful others.
- In plain terms
- Training your team makes you stand out to big leaders.
- What can you take from it?
- People skills are a unique selling point.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is people training key?
- What matters to big boys?
Another view
This does not sound like Kafka's typical style and may be misattributed.
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