Quotes

Stumbling on Happiness, Page 142

One of the most insidious things about side-by-side comparison is that it leads us to pay attention to any attribute that distinguishes the possibilities we are comparing.

Primal Leadership, Page 142

Setting developmental goals that matter takes us from merely contemplating change to making concrete steps that prepare us to change.

Focus, Page 142

One of the worst results of system blindness occurs when leaders implement a strategy to solve a problem – but ignore the pertinent system dynamics.

Blink, Page 142

Overloading the decision makers with information… makes picking up that signature harder, not easier. To be a successful decision maker, we have to edit.

The 5 Levels of Leadership, Page 142

When well-led organizations sustain high morale and high productivity over time, they gain momentum, which is any leader’s best friend.

The Art of the Start 2.0, Page 142

The purpose of a pith is to stimulate interest, not to cover every aspect of your startup and bludgeon your audience into submission. Your objective is to generate enough interest to get a second meeticng.

The Effective Manager, Page 142

It will make it much easier for them [your directs] to receive feedback if they know what’s coming and why it’s coming.

Blink, Page 142

…even the most complicated of relationships and problems… have an identifiable underlying pattern… research proves that in picking up these sorts of patterns, less is more.

The Coaching Habit, Page 142

The bad news is that you are in fact destined to keep falling into the Drama Triangle for the rest of your life.

ReWork, Page 142

Having an enemy gives you a great story to tell customers… People get stoked by conflict. They take sides. Passions are ignited. And that’s a good way to get people to take notice.