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Increasingly changing environments create a need for alertness and agility, which demand a sense of urgency that must be modeled by the boss all the time.
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108 |
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People who are experienced at ‘asshole boss management’ also learn that their survival depends on protecting themselves from blame, humiliation, and recrimination rather than doing what is best for their organization.
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175 |
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…productivity tends to increase when workers believe that their bosses are showing a greater interest and involvement in their work.
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165 |
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As a boss, you alone know how much you depend on your people. Without their loyalty and support, you are nothing.
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204 |
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One employee can’t bring a good manager down. But a bunch of employees can gang up and topple even the most productive bosses.
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217 |
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…some bosses become addicted to adulation. They begin to believe they are infallible.
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145 |
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…the credibility of a boss is enormously important to employees.
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424 |
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What, at its heart, is the job of a boss? It is getting work done through others and accepting accountability for their performance.
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430 |
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The single largest cause of burnout is lack of personal control on the job – expected to be the ideal worker with no life and free to satisfy the boss’s every whim.
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88 |
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The unspoken culture we operate in trumps any policy on the books or nice speech by the boss. We create culture by the stories we tell ourselves. And change gets a little easier when it’s visible.
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