Management and high performance

When judging people for leadership positions, or for jobs that require strongly synthetic abilities, you should consider how well they are capable of generating an understanding of context across a broad range of domains, including ex nihilo, so to speak.

A mentor is typically someone who has been in the role before. You go to him for advice or they can give you their perspective/ experience about things

A coaching relationship is different. They hold space for you, ask questions to help you figure out what’s best for you.

Demotions rarely work out long-term. More often, they’re a slower, more awkward way for someone to leave a company.

Your job as a company leader isn’t to assume they’ll see it the way you do. Your job is to clearly tell the story

Roles change faster than people, and executive tenures are often short. In cases of true rapid scale (a business that’s 3–10×ing every year), I tell people to expect leaders to last about 18 months. Let them surprise you by lasting longer, but don’t let it surprise you if it’s shorter.