WEiRD MYTHS WE BELIEVE

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B U S I N E S S

Steve Greene, salesforce.com

The boss has the best

ideas

Get everything started now so it looks like we’re making

progress

Everything is priority 1

My staff can’t make a

good decision

Leadership only comes from the

top

“The driver” is the only effective

leadership style

It’s better to motivate rather than

inspire

Individual utilization is more important than team effectiveness

It must be right the

first time

Ambiguity must be eliminated

before we start

We can predict and commit to what we’ll build

this year

The truth is

dangerous

My title reflects my

credibility

More due diligence will give me the answer

I want

Bad news is

our enemy

The project is 90% complete

It’s all about me

My staff is focused on my career

advancement

The job of my staff is to deliver work for me

Centralized control is the key to

enterprise scale

Change can only happen

incrementally

The process should guarantee that I will not

fail

Specialization will lead to more productivity

If we predict the future we can be predictable

More precision in my estimates will make them more

accurate

Talent doesn’t matter. The process will

fix it

I can’t trust my staff to manage a

budget

Performance reviews

matter

My staff must be

110% utilized

Increased pressure on my staff will

drive productivity

We can’t do that because it’s not part of the plan

Stick to the plan even though the world has

changed

If I don’t check my blackberry the world will

fall apart

If we let our Talent make decisions they’ll spin

out of control

Radical Transparency will diminish

my power

Loyalty is more important than

competence

Creativity doesn’t

scale

There is no room for

failure

There’s no need in business to focus on

humanity

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