Sublime

Delighting others requires you to have an opinion or point of view—being authentic while having the audacity, or the stomach, you might say, to take a bold, surprising stance.

Leaders of Great Groups find the right niche for each excellent contributor.

your old brain segregates all people into six categories. Is this someone to: (1) nurture, (2) be nurtured by, (3) have sex with, (4) run away from, (5) submit to, or (6) attack.

Of all the things managers can do to stimulate creativity, perhaps the most efficacious is the deceptively simple task of matching people with the right assignments. Managers can match people with jobs that play to their expertise and their skills in creative thinking, and ignite intrinsic motivation. Perfect matches stretch employees’ abilities. T

there is a voice in each

They subtly reflected shifts in other people’s moods and attitudes.

a Mediocre Circle of Influence. You’ve heard it before: we become the average of the five people with whom we spend the most time.

2. Who do you want in your group?

Here’s your opportunity to ask people you trust to give you honest opinions about how they see you.