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These leaders cast no blame. They made no excuses. Instead of complaining about challenges or setbacks, they developed solutions and solved problems. They leveraged assets, relationships, and resources to get the job done. Their own egos
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“Instilling belief in the practice gets easier as managers come on board. The greater the density of great team builders you achieve, the more you can spread the practice organically.”
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
“Excellent colleagues, a clear purpose, and well-understood deliverables: that’s the powerful combination.”
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
“He said maybe some fear isn’t so bad. When you’re taking on a mountain the magnitude of Mt. Fuji or K2, you have to bring oxygen. It’s scary. But if you go up and a storm comes, you can go back to base camp, and nobody’s going to tell you that you’re a failure. I loved that because it expressed so well that not only were we engaged in a great challenge, which would involve setbacks, but we were also on a great adventure.”
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
“While our debates at Netflix often got heated, they generally didn’t become mean-spirited or counterproductive, because we set a standard that they should all essentially be about serving the business and our customers.”
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
“a business leader’s job is to create great teams that do amazing work on time.”
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
― Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
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