From the course: Business Chemistry (Blinkist Summary)
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The guardian
From the course: Business Chemistry (Blinkist Summary)
The guardian
- Blink number two. You can count on a guardian to stick to the rules. We all know that person in the office who loves to play it safe. Approach him with a new idea and he'll tell you all the reasons why it's too risky, why it won't work, and why you'd be better off sticking with the old way of doing things. If you work with someone who's a stickler for the status quo, you're probably dealing with a guardian. This working style craves stability and structure, but guardians are often viewed as a hindrance to progress. The guardian believes that great companies and good decisions are both based on solid foundations. So before he shakes those foundations by changing something, he's going to think the implications through carefully and methodically. Unfortunately, to those around him, the guardian often seems like a conservative stick-in-the-mud who can't move with the times. And at the current pace of technological change,…
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