You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I also knew that she could ill afford to lose her job at that moment. I skirted and danced around the issue and took care of my own discomfort first. Care to share? I liked the woman. So I tried to do it gently. I took her aside and fed her a lot of platitudes to try and smooth away the hurt that was going to come.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

I also knew that she could ill afford to lose her job at that moment. I skirted and danced around the issue and took care of my own discomfort first. I liked the woman. So I tried to do it gently. I took her aside and fed her a lot of platitudes to try and smooth away the hurt that was going to come. I talked and talked.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Leaders, like Olympians, cannot afford to disconnect their heads from their hearts. Without heart it becomes something different, stubbornness perhaps or hard headedness, maybe even ruthlessness. I think this is where the leadership lesson lies. Who do you think of when you hear the phrase mental toughness?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Budgets were cut and the Learning part of the organization dried up while the focus snapped back in line with the notion that wisdom and decisions could only come from the few and learning for the many was a luxury no one could afford. Why should we care? Mental Models: are, simply put, about assumptions and biases in our thinking.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 9, 2011

I was there for a week and my job was mundane enough to afford me the luxury of sitting, mostly unnoticed, as the Traders went about their jobs and interacted with each other. No one seemed to understand or care about how Elsie might be feeling. Split second transactions made the difference between profit and loss, win and lose.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 30, 2011

In childhood we could perhaps afford to run afoul of collaborative efforts. And somehow, while civility remained (for the most part anyway), a spirit of collaboration, where people shared information and resources freely to achieve something important together was rare. Then, the consequences were fairly minor.

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Mark Sanborn

DECEMBER 5, 2021

When Steven Johns started mowing lawns at the age of 12, he never imagined the summer job would grow into an entire lawn care company. Back then, Steven mowed up and down his street, enjoying the freedom that earning money afforded him. Four years later, he hired another person part-time. every afternoon to work. .

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