Book Titles

Thinking is the hardest work there is which is probably the reason so few engage in it. – Henry Ford

Schedule an appointment with yourself. Put it down on your calendar. If you don’t schedule the time, it will never magically happen.

You make better decisions when you’re not under stress.

The moment you feel like you have to manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake. – Jim Collins

Great managers communicate to their direct reports in crystal-clear terms what role they are to play.

When we expect people to achieve a certain level of productivity, supervising them becomes much easier because the measurement adds a level of objectivity.

…collaboration and competition are not mutually exclusive.

Great bosses appreciate effort, but they focus on results.

Numbers don’t lie. As with facts, they also are stubborn things. You deliver the numbers or you didn’t.

Unfortunately, bosses often assume they’re in sync with their direct reports because their people don’t openly challenge or disagree with them.