Unless otherwise noted, the following articles come from the Requisite Readings weblog, where I’ve been writing about the biggest Secret Rule of all, The Law of the Real Boss, since 2003. These are a good way to get started. The other articles are ones that I found helpful in understanding the Secret Rules.
First in a series of articles that describes a real
career situation and how what three guys from a factory
came up with fifty years ago is the key to Secret Rule
#1.
High potentials often struggle with problems that
others don’t. Understanding how some things about sizes
of thinking, what others have called the “Ex-Gifted
Child”, helps make psychotherapies more effective for
you.
Working at a job that is not a natural fit for you, the
right size for you, can actually make you sick both
physically and mentally.
Look for natural fit, which means having Flow at work.
You can never succeed when you doing something that is
unnatural for you. That’s what all of this is about.
High potentials go through more mental transitions than
others do because they are on a steeper growth track.
Plus, they tend to get to these states earlier than
everyone else, which means that their peers don’t go
through the same thing and their teachers and managers
may not recognize that it is happening so early in the
high potential’s life.
Finally, the answer to the question that everyone asks
me.
When you are a hidden high potential, people turn to
you in crises even though you are low on the totem
pole.
You can’t change what motivates you. But you can change
how you view the problem.
By Andrew
Olivier, a colleague in Tasmania. Andrew shows how
working at a job that is too small or big for you not
only leaves you out of Flow but also puts you at risk
for real damage.
By Michelle Malay Carter of PeopleFit. The classic
article about what a hidden high potential's life is
like.
By Andrew
Olivier. An article describing potential and work
size, including a look at Yunna.
Video of presentation by Michael Raynor,
author of The Strategy Paradox. Look under
"videos". The ideas behind the Secret Rules are about
managing uncertainty. High potentials can manage more
uncertainty than their peers.
By Mark Van Clieaf of MVC
International. Mark has shown how many CEOs are
vastly overpaid because we don't use the knowledge that
CEO jobs come in different sizes and do different
levels of work.
By Art Kleiner in s+b. Describes the
controversial findings and person of Elliott Jaques.
From Business Standard, 2001. How Tata Sons in
India is restructuring using the ideas of work levels
(Law of the Real Boss).
From Business World, 2002. Update on how Tata
Sons in India is restructuring using the ideas of work
levels (Law of the Real Boss).
The GO Society has books, articles and videos online
related to the ideas behind the Secret Rules.