Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
break with convention and try new ways of working.
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
When people fail to communicate across silos, bad things happen.
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
it’s the quality of each of these loops that helped her improve and not their sheer number.
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
INVITE THE OPPOSITION INTO YOUR TENT
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
Disciplined collaboration consists of the following five rules: 1. Establish the business case—a compelling reason—for any proposed collaboration initiative, small or large. If it’s questionable, say no. 2. Craft a unifying goal that excites people, so that they prioritize this project. 3. Reward people for collaboration results, not activities.
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They inspired others by evoking emotions, and they circumvented resistance by deploying “smart grit.”
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
Once you focus on activities that have an impact, improve them bit by bit by applying the learning loop,
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
Research has discovered that stand-up meetings are 34 percent shorter than sit-down meetings, and the decisions they produce are equally effective.
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
Show up as an advocate, not a salesperson