Everyone likes nice people. And, when you're getting things done, it's great to have nice people on your team!
One thing I pride myself in is learning new things. I have learned that there are nice people, nice people who get things done, and people who get things done but aren't necessarily nice. Regrettably when you need to get things done, being nice isn't enough. Increasingly I'm choosing people who get things done, and merely hoping they're nice people. It's an attitude adjustment for me. But it's practical.
I've ordered a book by Duke Robinson called Good Intentions: The Nine Unconscious Mistakes of Nice People. The "nine mistakes" appear to quite accurately characterize some of the very problems the nice people I know have. While I won't go overboard, maybe I can help some of the nice people I work with in learning to get things done, and thus become one of the super-people who are nice and get things done too.
I like my team nice. But, sorry, I must get things done.
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