A successful executive

June 10th, 2010 GTD Times Team - Staff Contributors
Categories | David Allen | Inspiration

A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates.

-David Allen

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2 Responses to “A successful executive”

  1. J.F. Charland // Jun 10, 2010 at 10:50 am

    I prefer this revision …

    “A successful executive is one that re-defines problems such that the solutions that his or her team come up with are more valuable to the company than they would have been otherwise.”

  2. YourBoss // Aug 23, 2010 at 10:31 am

    Allen’s version is better.

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