Quotes

Measure What Matters, Page 215

Peak performance is the product of collaboration and accountability.

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 215

…we’re seldom motivated to seek self-renewal when we’re successful.

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Page 215

…smart managers need to shed the overconfident bias that they know as much as their employees know in specific areas.

Bullshit Jobs, Page 215

There seems to be a broad consensus not so much even that work is good but that not working is very bad; that anyone who is not slaving away harder than he’d like at something he doesn’t especially enjoy is a bad person…

No Hard Feelings, Page 215

Managing your feelings is as important as managing your reports; when you consider a throwaway comment or a momentary bad mood can ruin someone’s day.

Denial, Page 215

Most of us cleave to the conventional even when it is wrong.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Page 215

By shifting rewards away from individual performance to team achievement, the team can create a culture of accountability.

Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 215

Nothing can stay the same forever, in business or in life, and counting on the status quo can only lead to grief.

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Page 215

…no manager should be taken aback by employees who are looking out for themselves. You certainly shouldn’t resent them for it, or brand them as selfish.

Primal Leadership, Page 215

…resonance with vision is sometimes the one thing that holds people together, staves off exhaustion, and keeps people focused and positive.