Book Titles

Quiet Leadership
Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work

By David Rock

Year Published: 2006
ISBN-13: 978-0060835903
Categories: Leadership, Performance

85 Quotes Found

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Quiet Leadership:

…the underlying functionality of our brain is one of finding associations, connections, and links between bits of information.

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The more hard-wired our maps are for repetitive tasks, the more we’ve freed up our working memory for higher-level tasks.

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The act of having an aha moment gives off the kind of energy needed for people to become motivated and willing to take action.

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…our minds process complex ideas fastest when we use our visual resources.

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…the way we talk, walk, interact, read emails, and manage our staff is, for the most part, deeply hardwired and therefore habitual.

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When two people think too much alike they get in each other’s way.

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Quiet Leadership:

Helping people identify and then let go of mental frames that are holding them back from performing at their peak is another important skill for leaders to develop.

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Quiet Leadership:

Becoming more conscious of the way we move through the world is a critical first step to fulfilling our potential in any domain.

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If we literally put enough energy into the insight or idea, it will become a part of who we are. It’s an attention economy in our brains, at a million connections per second.

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The encouraging sounds of ‘Yes! Good! That’s it!’ help to mark a synapse for preservation rather than pruning. – Thomas Czerner

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