Quotes

The Messy Middle, Page 032

While searching for a definitive answer, we often cherry-pick insights from experts or studies that support the view we already hold.

Thanks for the Feedback, Page 32

Appreciation motivates us – it gives us a bounce in our step and the energy to redouble our efforts.

Give and Take, Page 32

When takers deal with powerful people, they become convincing fakers. Takers want to be admired by influential superiors, so they go out of their way to charm and flatter.

How the Mighty Fall, Page 032

A core business that meets a fundamental human need – and one at which you’ve become the best in the world – rarely becomes obsolete.

It’s the Manager, Page 32

Culture has a direct, measurable impact on performance.

The Inspirational Leader, Page 032

If you have no relationship with your team and you are comfortable with your people coming to work, completing their tasks, and leaving with no type of interaction, please, do us a favor and don’t call yourself a leader.

How to Be a Great Boss, Page 32

By delegating and elevating, you will build extensions of yourself that will enable you and your organization to continue to grow and develop.

Overwhelmed, Page 33

…researchers… insist housework and child care [are] not the same as leisure… women’s leisure is different from men’s leisure in both quantity and quality.

On Becoming a Leader, Page 033

The leader has a clear idea of what he or she wants to do – professional and personally – and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.

The Messy Middle, Page 033

There’s no shortcut to deep thinking and crunching through scenarios in the basement of your brain.