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You can have competence at something but not necessarily have the potential to be the best in the world at it.
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100 |
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To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence.
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100 |
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…leaders must surround themselves with capable, strong, competent advisors – and then listen.
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61 |
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Occupational incompetence is everywhere. Have you noticed it? Probably we all have noticed it.
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10 |
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In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
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15 |
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For each individual, for you, for me, the final promotion is from a level of competence to a level of incompetence.
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16 |
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…the only move that we can accept as a genuine promotion is a move from a level of competence.
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25 |
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Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
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32 |
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…in most hierarchies, super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence.
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34 |
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Super-competence often leads to dismissal, because it disrupts the hierarchy, and thereby violates the first commandment of hierarchical life: the hierarchy must be preserved.
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34 |
