You want to judge people on what they do well, not on what they screwed up. That’s where you see their talent.”

Ben Horowitz on Lenny’s Podcast

Exceptional companies are made up of exceptional people, and the bar should remain high. When someone is underperforming, it slows others down and impacts the mentality and buy-in of the entire team.

A-players begin to wonder whether or not that level of output is acceptable, or may even subconsciously regress themselves. “Why am I always up late... See more

if the CEO is the one who is telling the department leads what to do next, then they have no leverage. Rather, leverage is when the leads are telling the CEO what to do and how they’re pushing the company forward.

That’s how you know you’re getting more than if they weren’t there.

Leadership is making a decision that most people don’t like

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