Sublime

Your operators must be the experts on your process, because they are the only ones who can control it.

Being able to navigate for others requires a leader to possess a positive attitude.

“It’s improper for one person to take credit when it takes so many people to build a successful organization,” asserts Sinegal. “When you try to be top dog, you don’t create loyalty. If you can’t give credit (and take blame), you will drown in your inability to inspire.”3

In expertise practice areas, business development tends to be a personal responsibility of each partner (or partner equivalent).

proponent of tough love. “I kind of manage with a Bobby Knight-type9 of mentality with my direct reports,” Lindsey said. “I’ve always said I need people with thick skin who themselves do not tolerate mistakes.

People need to be encouraged. Eugene Lang believed in these kids and it made all the difference in how they lived the rest of their lives. The article goes on to show Lang’s impact: Lang’s students speak confidently of becoming architects, computer experts, entrepreneurs of all types.

Seizing this golden opportunity, I said, “Elizabeth, if you want people to act right toward you, you act right toward them. And many times you’ll change them.”

A Sociopath with an idea recruits just enough Losers to kick off the cycle. As it grows, it requires a Clueless layer to turn it into a controlled reaction, rather than a runaway explosion. Eventually, as value hits diminishing returns, both the Sociopaths and Losers make their exits, and the Clueless start to dominate. Finally, the hollow brittle