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Building a Good Company People Enjoy Working For

8 Lessons on Building a Company People Enjoy Working For

Lesson 1:  Your employees are adults.

Lesson 2:  The job of management isn’t to control people, it’s to build great teams.

Lesson 3:  People want to do work that means something.  After they do it, they should be free to move on.

Lesson 4:  Everyone in your company should understand the business.

Lesson 5:  Everyone in your company should be able to handle the truth.

Lesson 6:  Your company needs to live out its values.

Lesson 7:  All start-up ideas are stupid.

Lesson 8:  Every company needs to be excited for change.

~ Powerful:  Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility