There are a couple of other good reasons to take notes. Taking notes during a meeting is respectful. It tells the person speaking or presenting that you are actually interested in what they have to say. It also forces you to listen more intently to the actual points being made.
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“Broken windows” of various sorts are common in most businesses from obvious work flow clutter to less obvious errors or inconsistent formats in a presentation, spelling mistakes in a memo, etc.
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In most businesses there are many opportunities that require attention but with limited time and resources management must focus their energies on the critical few.
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Loyalty tends to be stronger to those closer to you or with whom you share some kind of common objective.
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In our world, information obstacles are common on a project. The information we need is rarely in the form that we need it and is often difficult to access.
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Business problem solving requires clear structured thinking. This is the basis of this Maxim. Being clear and logical requires the consistent application of MECE.
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This maxim refers to the natural tendency of people to try to decide whether something is important enough to let their manager know about it.
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Many intelligent and well-educated people mistakenly believe that asking questions makes them somehow look less intelligent. Ironically the tendency to avoid asking questions actually reduces your ability to learn.
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Appearance, environment, history, politics, and what’s going on in someone’s personal life all shape how we judge others. So the real challenge for managers is to be fair in determining what exactly “merit” refers to when a he or she recognizes, rewards or meters out consequence.
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People take on a victim position when they refuse to accept the accountability for the job they are assigned.
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