Morten Hansen: Great at Work
Morten Hansen is a management professor at University of California, Berkeley. He is the coauthor with Jim Collins of the New York Times bestseller Great by Choice and the author of the new book Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More*.
Key Points
The Six Tactics:
Carve out the 15
Chunk it
Measure the soft
Get feedback
Dig the dip
Confront the stall point
Other Points:
Focus on one skill you want to prove.
Meetings should only be for debate, not status updates.
Having a coach is great, but often you can coach yourself if you only focus on one thing at a time.
Resources Mentioned
Great at Work* by Morten Hansen
Great by Choice* by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen
Book Notes
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