Michele Pasin / Quotes

Compensating for the boss's weaknesses

He was not blind to the president’s weaknesses; but instead of criticizing them, he would compensate for them. Where the president was weak in his style, he’d try to buffer his own people and make such weaknesses irrelevant. And he’d work with the president’s strengths—his vision, talent, creativity. This man focused on his Circle of Influence. He was treated like a gofer, also. But he would do more than what was expected.

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#proactivity #managers #power

Career change: move forward not away

We often leave a job or situation because we are unhappy about something: an overbearing manager, irritating colleagues, ridiculous hours. When we make a…

Lessons From My Career Change: Five Ways To Make Your Move Sustainable | Guardian Careers | Guardian Professional #beliefs #thought #jobs #situation #managers

Innovation can be managed

One remarkable part of the SnapTax story is what the team leaders said when I asked them to account for their unlikely success. Did they hire superstar…

The Lean Startup (Eric Ries) #innovation #managers #companies #team

Project management

While each project needs a timeline, deadlines, and clear goals, a project manager does more than keep track of the organizational aspects of the project. The…

Scholars' Lab #team-members #task #ability #managers #aspects

9/11 and the end of middle-class society

Looking back on it today, the answer doesn’t seem to make that much difference. Either way, what 9/11 did was trash the last vestiges of middle-class society…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #politics #democracy #capitalism #power #freedom

Afraid a world parliament would actually work?

Later that year George Monbiot was to bring out The Age of Consent, the sequel to his success with Captive State. In it he tries to trace all economic and…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #democracy #politics #power #fear

Al Giappone è mancata una classe media

Lo storicismo rappresenta il fulcro dei suoi interessi. Egli concepisce la storia come progresso, nei termini di una continua espansione civile e culturale…

Lo Spirito del Giappone (Leonardo Vittorio Arena) #history #society #power #confucianism