Robert Townsend

United States
30 Jul 1920 // 12 Jan 1998
Executive, Author

Get to know your people. What they do well, what they enjoy doing, what their weaknesses and strengths are, and what they want and need to get from their job.

Further Up the Organization (1984)

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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Human, All Too Human
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