Quotes

Team of Teams, Page 231

Creativity and leading a truly adaptive organization requires building, leading, and maintaining a culture that is flexible but also durable.

Influence, Page 231

One protective tactic we can use against authority status is to remove its element of surprise.

Deep Work, Page 231

…tasks that leverage your expertise tend to be deep tasks and they can therefore provide a double benefit: They return more value per time spent, and they stretch our abilities, leading to improvement.

Priceless, Page 231

…choices are remarkably fluid. Loss aversion is a powerful motivator. People will pay more to avoid risk and will also pay more for mere words than downplay risk.

Getting Things Done, Page 231

One of the great secrets to getting ideas and increasing your productivity is utilizing the function-follows-form phenomenon – great tools can trigger good thinking.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 231

We must put ourselves into other people’s shoes when we think about the meaning, dignity, and purpose of work.

High Performance Habits, Page 231

…there are three things you want your people thinking about: themselves, other people, and the greater world.

A World Without Email, Page 231

Once you start looking for opportunities to off-load nonessential tasks, you’ll be surprised by how many you find.

Courage is Calling, Page 231

A leader cannot sit in some ivory tower or behind thick castle walls… No, a leader must have real skin in the game.

Atomic Habits, Page 231

…the way to maintain motivation and achieve peak levels of desire is to work on tasks of ‘just manageable difficulty.’