Adam Grant

If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters. ”

To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people collaborate toward a common goal, great things can happen. Yet in reality, the whole is often much less than the sum of the parts. ”

The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success. ”

Teams need the opportunity to learn about each other's capabilities and develop productive routines. So once we get the right people on the bus, let's make sure they spend some time driving together. ”

To get real diversity of thought, you need to find the people who genuinely hold different views and invite them into the conversation. ”

I can't tell you that if you bring in a bunch of weird and different people, then a bunch of good things will happen. But I can tell you that if you hire a bunch of similar people and promote only the ones who are most similar, a bunch of bad things are likely to happen. ”

When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow. ”

When young women get called bossy, it's often because they're trying to exercise power without status. It's not a problem that they're being dominant; the backlash arises because they're overstepping their status. ”

Being a nice person is about courtesy: you're friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them. ”

When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way. ”