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The Speed of Trust, Page 252

Low trust creates disengagement, which leads to turnover – particularly of the people you least want to lose.


Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 252

When forecasting the outcomes of risky projects, executives too easily fall victim to the planning fallacy. In its grip, they make decisions based on delusional optimism rather than a rational weighting of gains, losses, and probabilities.


The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 253

Ironically, seeing employees strictly in economic terms is a long-term economic disadvantage for a company because it loses out on the extra performance that people who are enthusiastic about a purpose will give.


ReWork, Page 253

Great environments show respect for the people who do the work and how they do it.


The Speed of Trust, Page 253

When trust inside an organization is low, it gets perpetuated in interaction in the marketplace, causing greater turnover among customers, suppliers, distributors, and investors.


Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 253

…people often (but not always) take on risky projects because they are overly optimistic about the odds they face.


Flawless Consulting, Page 253

It is the mandated institutionalization of useful practices that takes the life out of most implementation efforts.


Management, Page 253

The attempt to find ‘potential’ is altogether futile. It is less likely to succeed than simply choosing every fifth person. Performance is what counts…


The Speed of Trust, Page 253

When employees aren’t trusted, they tend to pass that lack of trust on to their customers, and customers ultimately leave.


Toxic Positivity, Page 253

Discover what you value and follow it until the end, knowing that sometimes life is going to hurt and that’s what makes it worth living.