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The Progress Paradox, Page 101

Alarmism and anger are good to the pocketbooks of advocates of all ideological stripes; consensus and optimism are bad for business.


Priceless, Page 101

A person who is risk-adverse in one situation will turn reckless in another. All it takes is a changed reference point.


The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 101

Don’t believe for a moment that stable Employers – the predictability, not just the size, of a paycheck – is ever a trivial issue for workers.


Radical Candor, Page 101

…expecting others to execute on a decision without being persuaded that it’s the right thing to do is a recipe for terrible results.


Getting to Yes, Page 101

If you must insist on a bottom line, you are not likely to explore an imaginative solution… A bottom line – by its very nature rigid – is almost certain to be too rigid.


ReWork, Page 101

Problems are usually pretty simple. We just imagine that they require hard solutions.


Management, Page 101

What is our business?’ is almost always a difficult question and the right answer is usually anything but obvious.


What if it Does Work Out?, Page 101

…we are ALL in fact selling something, all the time. Every single one of us… we are selling who we are and what we offer the world, constantly.


How to Be a Great Boss, Page 101

Always give positive or negative feedback quickly, ideally within twenty-four hours. Waiting any longer than that to give positive feedback reduces its impact.


The Advantage, Page 101

Once an organization identifies and describes its core values and separates them from the other kinds, it must then do its best to be intolerant of violations of those values.