Quotes

Why Managers Matter, Page 135

The insight that leadership, authority, and hierarchy perform useful functions is as true today as it was in the days of important organization and management thinkers…

Getting to Yes, Page 135

…clarify early in the negotiation that… any effort to reopen one issue automatically reopens all issues.

How to Be a Great Boss, Page 135

…thank them for their contribution. No one should feel that they are being taken for granted…

The Art of the Start 2.0, Page 135

…in almost all cases, you will have a lot of skin in the game in the form of months of sweat equity.

The 5 Levels of Leadership, Page 135

Authentic leaders know the way and show the way to productivity. Their leadership talk is supported by their walk.

Influencer, Page 135

We need to interpret setbacks as guides, and not as brakes.

Rapt, Page 135

…whenever you engage in a creative activity, you boost your level of positive emotion, which in turn literally widens your attentional range, giving you more material to work with.

On Becoming a Leader, Page 135

Leaders are, by definition, innovators. They do things other people have not done or dare not do. They do things in advance of other people. They make new things. They make old things new.

Why Managers Matter, Page 135

…management (and hence executive authority) is essential in two conditions that are the hallmarks of our modern economy: an emphasis on knowledge as the key competitive resource, and competition based on innovation.

Tribes, Page 135

To have all these advantages… and then settle for mediocrity and then defend the status quo and then worry about corporate politics – what a waste.