John Hoover - Work Quotes

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People don't learn much about themselves or others while they're succeeding in spite of poor practices. When the real outcomes reflect the real work being done, the real learning begins.

John Hoover
As Bullwinkle reinvented himself as a truly people-centric CEO, his people responded with the increased sense of ownership, dedication, sense of participation, loyalty, and hard work... until their success became like a snowball...

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MR. PEABODY: People who are content and confident in their work tend to be highly motivated and eminently more productive. They collaborate more freely with peers and colleagues, and cooperate better with those they report to...

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Be thankful for you I-Boss. He might be the easiest to work with and the least threatening to your health of all other boss types.

John Hoover
I never realized what it was really like to work for an idiot until I started working for myself.

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Have you ever heard anyone come right out and suggest, Let's dump all those older men and women who know our business, our products, our customers, and the marketplace inside and out. We can replace them with kids who don't know squat, but will work twice the hours at half the pay.... the expense of training new-hires, and the productivity ramp up will eventually deflate earnings...

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Be perky, attentive, appreciative... when he does what you want him to do. Ignore him, work slowly, or act generally rebellious when he is behaving in ways which displease you.

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Invite you Buddy Boss to everything.... Share information openly... Request meetings... Beware of the confessional.... Your Buddy Boss will devote endless hours to hearing your confessions and making hers to you... a potential disconnect from getting any appreciable work done.... Set time limits.... Getting along with her... requires ignoring everything you're being paid to do... Dedicated workers get hit the hardest because they must work nights and weekends to do the things they would have done... With luck, you might be transferred to an Idiot Boss.

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Any attempt you make to change your organization, its performance, or outcomes will be, by design, positive. Now, if we can only get things to consistently work the way we design them.... sometimes they do, often, they don't.

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