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Management, Page 496
Organizations are no longer built on force. They are increasingly built on trust. Trust does not mean that people like one another. It means that people can trust one another.
The Effective Executive, Page 497
Good follow-up is just as important as the meeting itself.
Management, Page 500
A boss is anyone who has the power and anyone who is likely – let alone certain – to be listened to when he or she has an opinion about you, your performance, your work, your competence and qualifications.
Management, Page 500
The first person on whom your performance depends is the boss, and the boss is thus the first person for whose performance you have to take responsibility.
Management, Page 503
In an organization, there is no such thing as a pleasant surprise.
Management, Page 503
…all bosses need to be protected from surprises. Otherwise, they will not trust a subordinate, and with good reason.
Management, Page 503
Accept it – different people need to be informed differently. And if you don’t adjust yourself to the way each of your bosses gets the message, you’ll be ineffectual.
The Effective Executive, Page 509
Effective executives know that they have ultimate responsibility, which can be neither shared nor delegated.
The Effective Executive, Page 513
Listen first, speak last.
Management, Page 523
It is time to give up thinking of jobs or career paths as we once did and to think in terms of taking on assignments and acquiring competencies one after the other.