Quotes

Empowered, Page 026

As much as possible, you should try to keep your existing product teams intact.

Radical Candor, Page 026

It happens all too often that bosses view employees as lesser beings who can be degraded without conscience; that employees view their bosses as tyrants to be toppled; and that peers view one another as enemy combatants.

Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway, Page 26

No one is more unloving than a person who can’t own his or her own power.

The Inspirational Leader, Page 026

There’s no excuse for any ‘so-called leader’ to abuse their employees. None!

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 026

The biggest impediment to flow, to better outcomes, might be in behavioral norms, leadership, finance, HR, PMO, real estate, governance committees, and so on.

Influencer, Page 026

If there’s a chance that the very process of measuring results might drive the wrong behavior, then be sure to faithfully measure the actions you need to produce those results as well.

Tiny Habits, Page 26

When motivation is middling, people will do a behavior only if it’s fairly easy…

Quiet Leadership, Page 26

…we need to help people focus on solutions instead of problems.

Lost and Founder, Page 026

If you openly share some things, but hide others, credibility will suffer. Your team will always wonder what you’re not sharing.

ReWork, Page 026

If all you do is work, you’re unlikely to have sound judgments. Your values and decision making wind up skewed. You stop being able to decide what’s worth the extra effort and what’s not. And you wind up just plain tired. No one makes sharp decisions when tired.