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…no matter how much you know, influencing others’ actions is impossible unless you can translate your brilliance into steps that human beings can grasp and apply.
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…sometimes [bosses] encourage their people to join them in doing a crummy job. And such intentional ineptitude is sometimes the best option for enhancing performance and collective humanity.
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We human beings are quirky creatures, something that no boss should ever forget.
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…bosses who expose people to shorter, fewer, and more predictable round s of distress promote both performance and humanity.
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We human beings can’t help wondering why things happen, even when all that cogitating doesn’t change our fates.
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If you, as the boss, believe that you are doing splendid dirty work, stop patting yourself on the back and figure out if you are deluding yourself. Just because you see yourself as fair and humane, does not mean your people see it that way.
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The important thing is to be better, not perfect. After all, we’re only human and we’re operating under conditions of uncertainty. It’s hard to time quitting decisions perfectly.
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Business people are not just managers; they are also human. They have emotions, and a lot of the emotions are tied up in the identity and well-being of their business.
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Leadership has nothing to do with your title, and the people who rely on their title to prove their worth frequently neglect many of the human aspects of the people in their organization.
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…if you want to be a great leader, you must first start with being a better human being. – Charlene Pedro
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