Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House

by Alyssa Mastromonaco

There are times when you need to be a bull in a china shop to get something done, and I’m capable of that, but I usually don’t enjoy it. For me, leadership has always been much more about rallying people around a project or cause than about being held up as the Boss.

Preparation is protection you can create for yourself; for some people, the hard part may be balancing precautions with paranoia, but in my experience, you can never be too prepared.

Think about how what you say could affect people, from the top down.