INDEX

Abandonment meetings, 92, 93–94

Acheson, Dean, 204, 249

Action plans, 15, 16

Adaptability

in implementation, 135

strength and, 95

Adenauer, Konrad, 246

Adler, Alfred, 219

Adorno, Theodor W., 129

Advice, 171–172

Advisors, 101, 205

Age, 244–247, 254

Akers, John, 7

Allen, Paul, 4

Apple, 74, 96

Artioli, Romano, 99

Assembly line work, 34–35

Assessments

as basis of decision making, 75

of performance and development, 158–159

of productivity, 38

Assets, effective use of, 114, 245

Assignments. See also Tasks

guide and monitor fulfillment of, 176–177

jobs and, 173–177

people decisions and, 25, 91, 127, 145, 174–177, 184

thinking through, 174–175

understanding, 176

Assumptions

decision making based on, 81

questioning, 56, 62, 80–81

of responsibility, 248–251, 258–259

Attitude

performance, development and, 24, 63, 65