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…when used improperly, metrics are worse than lies, reinforcing our biases and hiding the real problems in our value streams.
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228 |
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Long-term outcomes depend on healthy teams working at a sustainable pace in a psychologically safe environment that enables innovation and creativity.
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231 |
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An earn-out is almost always a disappointment for an entrepreneur. You’ve assumed most of the risk and the acquiring company gets most of the reward if you’re successful.
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024 |
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Build a management team and offer them a long-term incentive plan that rewards their personal performance and loyalty.
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149 |
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…being measured by results is a much better measure than time at your desk.
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010 |
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With the exception of sales people, who either deliver their numbers or don’t, most people are judged by a mixture of results and time spent in the office.
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014 |
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You either accomplish what you set out to accomplish or you don’t.
|
015 |
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In an information and service economy it doesn’t make sense to use time as a measurement for a job well-done.
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016 |
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Today we do more work with our brains than with our hands, and knowledge work requires a different set of assumptions about productivity.
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016 |
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If you are getting your job done, then why are you punished by having to fill your time?
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018 |
