Rich Gee Group
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
I'm bad at politics. If you experience evil political people at work or in your business, this article is for you. Political people suck - in the everyday business world, we call them 'empty suits'. Political people try to snare you into a political cage of their thinking - and then try to turn it on you.
Leading Blog
MARCH 6, 2023
And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. She says, “I translated his sage advice to mean put your focus on followership, not politics.” Critics may inform me, but they don’t define me.” How do we do that? Speaking about tough truths in affirmative tones let critiques land constructively. Rometty doesn’t ignore critics.
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You're Not the Boss of Me
JULY 13, 2013
I suspect most of them have something to do with internal politics, bureaucracy, or perhaps a belief that the more complicated or obscure the language, the more important the message. The longer we take to share information with each other, the less value it will have for us. It grows integrity. Principle #3: Feedback goes stale.
You're Not the Boss of Me
JUNE 25, 2011
I suspect most of them have something to do with internal politics, bureaucracy, or perhaps a belief that the more complicated or obscure the language, the more important the message. The longer we take to share information with each other, the less value it will have for us. It grows integrity. Principle #3: Feedback goes stale.
Chris Brady
DECEMBER 30, 2010
Select one (or at the most two), and hammer away at it with all your ability. Cory Posted by: Cory Harris | January 02, 2011 at 01:27 AM Chris: Thanks for the wonderful information. We take a look at ourselves and see so many areas for improvement that we are tempted to attack them all at once. Resist this temptation. LOVE your blog!
Strategy Driven
APRIL 22, 2011
During the presentation the CEO was polite, if noncommittal. If so, you can be certain that the messenger’s priority is not bringing you the information you need: It’s protecting her own hide. But if your employees take a risk and fail, and you come down on them like a hammer, guess what? Because innovation requires it.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 2, 2016
At first, customers had to validate credit card information before opening an account. Baidu, an economically powerful and politically connected company, was now in Uber’s inner circle of investors. There’s also a saying in China: “The nail that sticks up is the nail that gets hammered down.”
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