Interesting quotes from "First Break All the Rules"

Here again some quotes from "First Break All the Rules".. These to help managers to select and manage people.

• Your talents are the behaviors you find yourself doing often..
• People don't change much.
• Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That is hard enough.
• Great managers look inward... Great leaders, by contrast, look outward... Great managers are not simply managers who have developed sophistication.
• Only the presence of talents can explain why, all other factors being equal, some people excel in the role and some struggle
• As manager you need to know exactly which talents you want.
• Great talents need great managers if they are to be turned into performance.
• Each employee breathes different psychological oxygen.
• In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, stupidity disobedience, or disrespect. It is a matter of miscasting