Quotes

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 256

Attention to technical excellence must be continuous, not occasional.

Flawless Consulting, Page 256

The myth is that setting standards will increase accountability. What is most often creates is compliance.

The Speed of Trust, Page 256

High-trust company environments foster the collaboration and teamwork required for success in the new global economy.

The 5 Levels of Leadership, Page 256

As a mentor, you can give the inexperienced leaders leadership experiences that make them better.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 256

…evidence suggests that an optimistic bias plays a role – sometimes the dominant role – whenever individuals or institutions voluntarily take on significant risks.

The Effective Executive, Page 256

The presence of an ever-expanding to-do list without a robust stop-doing list is a lack of discipline.

Management, Page 256

…no one develops as much as the person who is trying to help others to develop themselves. Indeed, no one can develop himself or herself unless he or she works on the development of others.

The Speed of Trust, Page 256

Without trust, collaboration is merely cooperation, which fails to achieve the benefits and possibilities available to true collaborators in the knowledge worker age.

The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Page 256

…the number-one way that executives fail is by continuing to do their old job rather than moving on to their new job.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 256

When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing.