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Most people shift between a steep growth trajectory and a gradual growth trajectory in different phases of their lives and careers, so it’s important not to put a permanent label on people.
Kim Scott • Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean
Is this person so good that you would happily work for them?
Tyler Cowen • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them. It was one of the things that the PARC group admired most about Bob Taylor. Interestingly, Tom West fought hard for his Eagle group at Data General but chose not to tell them, reasoning that it would only distract them from the project. As a result, some of his t
... See morePatricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
The second book he bought was Drift into Failure by Sidney Dekker, which he passed out to all his IT infrastructure and operations people. Dekker’s book forces organizational managers to rethink blame and accountability in complex processes. When something goes wrong, it asks, “Should you blame the person? Or is it the system?”2*
John Willis • Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future
Top producers shouldn’t be attempting to become managers to increase their pay and status.
David H. Maister • Managing the Professional Service Firm
Maling Sense of People [Décoder les gens] de Sam Barondes a eu un fort impact sur ma façon de penser et j’offre parfois un exemplaire de ce livre à un candidat en cours d’embauche.
Cécile Capilla • La tribu des mentors, quand les plus grands nous inspirent (French Edition)
There’s a big dose of fixed-mindset thinking in the bullies: Some people are superior and some are inferior. And the bullies are the judges.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
Sociopaths, in their own best interests, knowingly promote over-performing losers into middle-management, groom under-performing losers into sociopaths, and leave the average bare-minimum-effort losers to fend for themselves.
The Gervais principle differs from the Peter Principle, which it superficially resembles. The P... See more