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Competent managers have to be able to manage people. This requires emotional intelligence, people skills, and communication skills.

Look for opportunities to shine and advance your career by doing great work and becoming your boss’s biggest asset.

Micromanagers are about control; Nitpickers are about perfection, standards, and preferences.

While sticking things out is a noble and often useful tenet… quitting is also empowering.

The attachment to making the most out of past efforts (sunk costs) blocks people from the opportunity to be successful.

Managing is hard work. Few managers ever get feedback on their managing… everyone appreciates a little professional kind word or compliment now and then.

…what gets measured gets managed.

Management is largely by example.

In a well-managed enterprise, it is understood that people who fail in a new job, especially after a promotion, may not be the ones to blame.

…education is the most expensive capital investment we have ever known.