Quotes

168 Hours, Page 3

…if you want to do something or become something – and you want to do it well – it takes time.

The Advantage, Page 3

The health of an organization provides the context for strategy, finance, marketing, technology and everything else… it is the single greatest factor determining an organization’s success.

Managing Up, Page 003

You can sit back and wait for your manager to change, or you can take action, manage up, and watch your career bloom.

Denial, Page 003

Denial is seductive because it can work in the short term. Occasionally it works in the long term, but that is rarely true in business.

Predictably Irrational, Page 003

…most people don’t know what they want unless they see it in context.

Switch, Page 3

What looks like a people problem is often a situation problem.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 003

…it is much easier, as well as far more enjoyable, to identify and label the mistakes of others than to recognize our own.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 003

Few truly successful businesses start without a Heart-dominated individual at their helm.

Decisive, Page 3

What’s in the spotlight will rarely be everything we need to make a good decision, but we don’t always remember to shift the light.

The Progress Principle, Page 003

Management, when done well, can propel an organization toward success while enhancing the lives of people working within it.