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When we expect people to achieve a certain level of productivity, supervising them becomes much easier because the measurement adds a level of objectivity.
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82 |
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Numbers don’t lie. As with facts, they also are stubborn things. You deliver the numbers or you didn’t.
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84 |
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As a great boss, you’re going to disappoint people from time to time and you must learn how to take some grief every now and then.
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124 |
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Most bosses believe… that giving anyone an excellent rating implies that there is no room for improvement. They’re confusing excellence with perfection.
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128 |
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A vision is achieved more quickly when everyone’s energy is focused on common goals.
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150 |
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…most Americans are not engaged at work. At the heart of this epidemic are bad bosses.
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152 |
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A consultant is a person in a position to have some influence over an individual, a group, or an organization but has no direct power to make changes or implement programs.
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2 |
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The consultant’s objective is to engage in successful actions that result in people or organizations managing themselves differently.
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5 |
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People readily commit themselves to things they believe will further their interests.
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18 |
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Studies done by outside experts seldom carry the kind of personal ownership and commitment needed to deal with difficult management issues.
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24 |
