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Good Boss, Bad Boss, Page 176

…as a boss, you can earn credibility with your people by demonstrating that you will go to war for them every now and then – even over fairly trivial things.


The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Page 176

Perhaps the CEO’s most important operational responsibility is designing and implementing the communication architecture for her company.


On Becoming a Leader, Page 176

Ruthless management may succeed in holding change at bay for a while, but only visionary leadership will succeed over time.


How to Be Happy at Work, Page 176

…when we are stuck and unhappy, we can easily lose sight of what matters to us.


Sooner Safer Happier, Page 176

Reducing work in progress (WIP) reduces end-to-end lead time, time to learning, time to pivot, time to realizing and maximizing value. It increases agility.


The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Page 176

Absent a well-designed communication architecture, information and ideas will stagnate, and your company will degenerate into a bad place to work.


On Becoming a Leader, Page 176

When visionary leadership is combined with sound business practices, the results can be success that lasts.


The 5 Levels of Leadership, Page 176

Do not penalize risk taking. Praise people’s effort, help them learn from their failures, and reward their successes.


Blink, Page 176

…the most successful companies are those that understand that in those cases, the first impressions of their consumers need interpretation.


The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Page 176

The key to a good one-on-one meeting is the understanding that it is the employee’s meeting rather than the manager’s meeting.