Quotes

Managing Up, Page 136

Do what you can to keep your social media connections with your boss professional and not personal.

Accelerate, Page 136

’Strategic initiatives’ tend to be arenas in which action needs to be taken to move an organization toward a change vision, or to implement a strategy.

What if it Does Work Out?, Page 136

Choosing yourself means doing work that you love on your terms, not work that is tasked to you by a boss or expected from you by a figure of authority.

To Sell is Human, Page 136

Framing people’s options in a way that restricts their choices can help them see those choices more clearly instead of overwhelming them.

Managing Up, Page 136

Gossiping with the boss will absolutely come back to haunt you. Don’t do it. Ever.

What if it Does Work Out?, Page 136

When you step out of a structure that tells you what you do, you are in a position to choose what you want to do… It’s your life – spend it on actions that feed you.

The Element, Page 136

…issues of attitude are of paramount importance in finding your Element. A strong will to be yourself is an indomitable force.

Talent is Overrated, Page 136

…most people in an organization don’t work alone. They work in teams, strictly or loosely defined. And a team’s performance is emphatically not determined solely by the abilities of its members individually.

The Coaching Habit, Page 136

…we’re bouncing around between three archetypal roles – Victim, Persecutor and Rescuer – each one as unhelpful and dysfunctional as the other.

Accelerate, Page 137

A well-crafted Big Opportunity statement can be comprehended by a clerk or a factor worker – and has the potential to create a true sense of urgency… anywhere.