This category reveals the first 5 of the 24 foundational Power Skills:
1. Break the rules occasionally
2. Never avoid necessary confrontation
3. Routinely practice boldness and courage to be a consistently effective leader
4. Think for yourself
5. Do not allow what others think about you to be more important than what you think about yourself.
1. Break the Rules Occasionally
The first foundational Power Skill is to break the rules occasionally—which is what top performers do. Pat McCarty, retired senior project executive IBM, said,
Workplace rules are made for 95 percent of employees 95 percent of the time.
Pat was not talking about breaking ethical or legal rules. She was talking about taking some risks—going ...
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