Excellence Quote by Harvard Business Review

“Individuals are most likely to trust and cooperate freely with systems—whether they themselves win or lose by those systems—when fair process is observed.”

— Harvard Business Review

“Most managers complain about having too little freedom in their jobs, while their bosses complain about managers’ failure to grasp opportunities.”

— Harvard Business Review

“Idea in Brief Are you an ethical manager? Most would probably say, “Of course!” The truth is, most of us are not. Most of…

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“Too many people work in ways that are not their ways, and that almost guarantees nonperformance.”

— Harvard Business Review

“Managers who aspire to be ethical must challenge the assumption that they’re always unbiased and acknowledge that vigilance, even more than good intention, is…

— Harvard Business Review

“Such despondency is rarely psychologically devastating, but when combined with defensive reasoning, it can result in a formidable predisposition against learning.”

— Harvard Business Review

“In our studies of managers, we have found that the difference between those who take the initiative and those who do not becomes particularly…

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“Great leaders rise out of adversity.”

— Harvard Business Review

“This thought experiment is a version of philosopher John Rawls’s concept of the “veil of ignorance,” which posits that only a person ignorant of…

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“a highly fragmented day is also a very lazy day.”

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“A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, set of performance goals, and approach…

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“an adversarial mindset not only prevents us from understanding and responding to the other party, but also makes us feel like we've lost when…

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