WE i RD MYTHS WE BELIEVE in B U S I N E S S http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/health-and-beauty/fashion/1839981-england-football-fan.php?id=1839981 Steve Greene, salesforce.com

The boss has the best ideas

Get everything started now so it looks like we’re making progress

Everything is priority 1

My staff can’t make a good decision

Leadership only comes from the top

“ The driver” is the only effective leadership style

It’s better to motivate rather than inspire

Individual utilization is more important than team effectiveness

It must be right the first time

Ambiguity must be eliminated before we start

We can predict and commit to what we’ll build this year

The truth is dangerous

My title reflects my credibility

More due diligence will give me the answer I want

Bad news is our enemy

The project is 90% complete

It’s all about me

My staff is focused on my career advancement

The job of my staff is to deliver work for me

Centralized control is the key to enterprise scale

Change can only happen incrementally

The process should guarantee that I will not fail

Specialization will lead to more productivity

If we predict the future we can be predictable

More precision in my estimates will make them more accurate

Talent doesn’t matter. The process will fix it

I can’t trust my staff to manage a budget

Performance reviews matter

My staff must be 110% utilized

Increased pressure on my staff will drive productivity

We can’t do that because it’s not part of the plan

Stick to the plan even though the world has changed

If I don’t check my blackberry the world will fall apart

If we let our Talent make decisions they’ll spin out of control

Radical Transparency will diminish my power

Loyalty is more important than competence

Creativity doesn’t scale

There is no room for failure

There’s no need in business to focus on humanity

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