book I read recently

20 FLAWS OF CEOs (INTERPERSONAL HANDICAPS)

DO YOU HAVE THESE IN YOU?

1. Winning too much: The need to win all costs and in all situations-when it matters, when it is doesn’t, and when it’s totally beside the point.-YES/NO
2. Adding too much value: The overwhelming desire to add our two cents to every discussion. -YES/NO
3. Passing judgment: The need to rate others and impose our standards on them. -YES/NO
4. Making destructive comments: The needless sarcasms and cutting remarks that we think make us sound sharp and witty. -YES/NO
5. Starting with “No,” “But,” or “However”: The overuse of these negative qualifiers which secretly say to everyone, “I’m right You’re wrong” -YES/NO
6. Telling the world how smart we are: The need to show people we’re smarter than they think we are. -YES/NO
7. Speaking when angry: Using emotional volatility as a management tool. -YES/NO
8. Negativity or “Let me explain why that won’t work”: The need to share our negative thoughts even when we weren’t asked. -YES/NO
9. Withholding information: The refusal to share information in order to maintain an advantage over others. -YES/NO
10. Failing to give proper recognition: The inability to praise and reward. -YES/NO
11. Claiming credit that we don’t deserve: The most annoying way to overestimate contribution to any success. -YES/NO
12. Making excuses: The need to reposition our annoying behavior as a permanent fixture so people excuse us for it. -YES/NO
13. Clinging to the past: The need to deflect blame away from ourselves and onto events and people from our past; a subset of blaming everyone else. -YES/NO
14. Playing favorites: Failing to see that we are treating someone unfairly. -YES/NO
15. Refusing to express regret: The inability to take responsibility for our actions, admit we’re wrong, or recognize our actions affect others. -YES/NO
16. Not listening: The most passive-aggressive form of disrespect for colleagues. -YES/NO
17. Failing to express gratitude: The most basic form of bad manners. -YES/NO
18. Punishing the messenger: The misguided need to attack the innocent who are usually only trying to help us. -YES/NO
19. Passing the buck: The need to blame everyone but ourselves. -YES/NO
20. An excessive need to be “me”: Exalting our faults as virtues simply because they’re who we are. -YES/NO


the more “YES” you have, the more you have to improve yourself
Excerpts from “What got you here won’t get you there”-“Marshall Goldsmith”