Be a Great Boss: The Hill Collection (4 Items)

they want to go. They set goals, periodically reevaluating and

revising them; they are continually scanning the environment to

anticipate what the organization will need and hence what

knowledge and skills they should strive to develop. Instead of

engaging in self-serving behavior focused primarily on achiev-

ing their personal ambitions, they are willing to take the risks

necessary to seek out the kinds of assignments from which they

can learn and thereby be in a position to contribute to corpo-

rate objectives. One manager described a critical lesson learned

from a mentor:

He was my role model for not having a job title. He

didn’t have to have a job ...