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Without being raised in rank… the incompetent employee is given a new and longer title and is moved to an office in a remote part of the building.
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27 |
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… all employees, aggressive or shy… must sooner or later come to rest at their level of incompetence.
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47 |
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The competent employee normally keeps on his desk just the books, papers and apparatus that he needs for his work.
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103 |
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…from the employee’s point of view, Substitution is far and away the most satisfactory adjustment to final placement.
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124 |
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The achievement of an effective Substitution will usually… allow the employee to work out the rest of his career, healthy and self-satisfied, at his level of incompetence.
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124 |
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Most people agree in principle with the dictum that fine feathers don’t make fine birds, but in practice an employee is judged by his appearance.
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131 |
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Leadership requires creating conditions that enable employees to do the kinds of experimentation that entrepreneurship requires.
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35 |
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Exhausted employees struggle to focus their attention and lack the energy to work their hardest, longest, and smartest, so the quality and quantity of their work takes a nosedive.
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161 |
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Entrepreneurs who are full-time employees but have a startup idea they want to pursue can use crowdfunding as a way to mitigate risk before taking the plunge.
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99 |
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Helping others find good employees is a real currency.
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