Quotes

The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Page 188

The first rule of organizational design is that all organizational designs are bad… Your goals is to choose the least of all evils.

The Art of Possibility, Page 188

…the issues themselves are rarely what they seem, no matter what pains are taken to verify the scoreboard.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 188

Intrinsic rewards, derived from an organization’s heart and soul, are an individual’s reason and incentive for working for a company.

Management, Page 188

Knowledge workers, except at the very lowest levels, are not productive under the spur of fear; only self-motivation and self-direction make them productive. They have to be achieving in order to produce at all.

Getting Things Done, Page 188

The degree to which any of us needs to maintain checklists and external controls is directly related to our unfamiliarity with the area of responsibility.

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 188

…making employees happy and fulfilled at their jobs is not as hard as it may seem. Part of getting people there is directly correlated with how well you develop and mentor them.

Management, Page 188

…we cannot truly define, let alone measure, productivity for most knowledge work.

Hidden Potential, Page 188

To unearth the hidden potential in teams, instead of brainstorming, we’re better off shifting to a process called brainwriting. The initial steps are solo.

Never Eat Alone, Page 188

Don’t kid yourself – everyone cares about his or her birthday!

Toxic Positivity, Page 188

The goal is not to eliminate complaining from your life, but instead to make it more effective and adaptive.