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…the common assumption that ‘employees will never be happy with their pay’ is fallacious.
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…based on false assumptions… [it] becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: management that expects the worst from people typically gets it.
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36 |
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People want to feel good about what they do and for whom they do it, and, assuming equity needs are reasonably satisfied, pride a major driver of performance and commitment.
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213 |
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In a concierge MVP,… personalized service is not the product but a learning activity designed to test the leap-of-faith assumptions in the company’s growth model.
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102 |
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MVPs require the courage to put one’s assumptions to the test.
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“When people assume that others aren’t givers, they act and speak in ways that discourage others from giving, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
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…the easy assumption that attention need be in the service of solving problems or achieving goals downplays the fruitfulness of the mind’s tendency to drift…
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Candid feedback from those you trust and respect creates a source of self-awareness, one that can help guard against skewered information or questionable assumptions.
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75 |
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The idea that management is built on certain assumptions about the basic natures of those being managed… presumes that to take action or more forward, we need a prod…
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The unspoken – or sometimes spoken – assumption behind win-win is that people enter negotiations trying to build friendly relationships and want to leave with that relationship intact.
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