Sunday, October 06, 2013

Harry says—a book you’ll enjoy

Do you know a boss (not yours) well enough to need a stocking stuffer for Christmas? This is only $9.95--"Harry says; boss talk without the warm fuzzies," edited by Bruce Feldman. (Blue Point Books, 2006, isbn-13: 978-1-883423-12-4).  I received a review copy and have had quite a chuckle reading it. You can read the whole book on your coffee break--very brief. I cite the page number and that's the only thing on the page.

"Judge people by what you have seen them do, not by what they say they did. And never confuse, "I can do it," with, "I have done it." One is confidence talking. The other is experience." p.22

"Doing it over is not quality control." p.40

"Count on the boss being the only one who knows that landing the plane near the airport isn't good enough. Either a job is done right or it isn't." p. 43

This one sort of reminds me of some of the government's War on Poverty programs that have spent billions, and the final report says it hasn't worked in 40 years, so Obama orders up more money (Head Start). "My employees don't mind making mistakes as long as they get paid for fixing them."  p.54

If you've ever been forced to work on a team: "Working together is a way to carry around a lot of weight if it's evenly distributed. Otherwise, it's a way to start a lot of trouble."  p. 58

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