Book Titles

…significant building and enriching of mental models can be done through study and other knowledge seeking, and it would be foolish to leave these tools unused.

You can do a great deal as an individual to apply the principles of great performance in your own life and work. Applying these principles is always beneficial.

No matter how many steps on the road to great performance you choose to take, you will be better off than if you hadn’t taken them.

…the economy is increasingly based not on financial capital but on human capital, and how the abilities of the people in an organization… determine an enterprise’s success or failure.

…in a global economy, standards of performance are rising more quickly and more broadly than ever before, leaving subpar performers no place to hide.

…employees consistently put continuous professional development on or near the top of their criteria for choosing an employer.

By continually attracting the most promising graduates… and then developing them further, these companies… enhance their ability to attract the best…

Organizations tend to assign people based on what they’re already good at, not what they need to work on.

…[there’s] a tension every organization must deal with in order to become more successful.

…organizations push [employees] just beyond their current capabilities and build the skills that are most important.