- Be Yourself
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
- Performance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.
- Nov 07, 2020
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't 'sail' anyway. Send it back for further thought.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020