Sublime

E quando acabava de fazer perguntas e ouvir, ou de esculachar a pessoa, Bill, em geral, não lhe dizia o que fazer. Ele acreditava que os gestores não deviam aparecer com uma ideia e “enfiá-la goela abaixo” nos outros. Não diga às pessoas o que fazer, conte histórias sobre outros que fazem o que você quer sugerir. “Eu costumava descrever o sucesso e

I’ve come to believe that coaching might be even more essential than mentoring to our careers and our teams. Whereas mentors dole out words of wisdom, coaches roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty. They don’t just believe in our potential; they get in the arena to help us realize our potential. They hold up a mirror so we can see our blin

Ele ofereceu um acordo razoável e apelou para a lealdade de Eric ao Google. “Essa não é uma batalha para hoje”, disse a Eric. “Seu orgulho está interferindo naquilo que é melhor para a empresa e para você.”

But I had the feeling that all the while I was swimming upstream. My coach—who became a dear friend for life afterward—never once complimented me on my game and, I believe, never really saw all the positive things that I was doing on the court. He was brought up in the old school. When he saw me leave my feet on defense, he believed I had overcommi

God is continually looking for ordinary people such as John who are willing to let him use them to make a difference

One of the keys to Alan’s success was something I call “joyful accountability.” He liked to approach people who needed correction and cheerfully let them know that it was completely up to them whether they changed their behavior or attitude. He would remind them that if they couldn’t change, he would still be their friend, but they couldn’t continu

A good leader is always a follower as much as he is a ruler. The team comes first. That was why Red listened to his players and got out of the way when he felt they were right.

Joe Montana, perhaps the greatest quarterback in NFL history, in his last season as a professional, when he was playing for Kansas City, would spend two hours a day every day at the same little practice field at Menlo College near San Francisco. I would work with him on basic fundamentals that would bore a high schooler to death. Joe had four Super

But he had a fixed mindset about himself and his coaching ability. The team was his product, and they had to prove his ability every time out.