hiring, meetings, etc
I also try to stick to the default assumption that “everyone is an A player at something.” It’s a more effective and more dynamic way to approach an interview—a live, fascinating puzzle to discover what the elephant and the rider do well—rather than going in with the purpose of determining whether someone is an A player in a binary, Manichean way. ... See more
Graham Duncan Blog • What’s going on here, with this human?
Some questions that I’ve found to be very effective in one-on-ones: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number-one problem with our organization? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who is really kicking ass in the company? Whom do you admire? If you were me, what changes would you make? What don’t you like about the
... See moreBen Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
When something isn’t getting done, it’s because the person a) doesn’t have the time b) doesn’t have the skill or c) has some sort of psychological block. The third case is surprisingly common.
Sam Gerstenzang • Operating well – what I learned at Stripe
If you don’t learn anything in the interview, that’s bad. If you are bored in the interview, that’s really bad. A good interview should feel like a conversation, not questions and responses.
Sam Altman • How to hire
Individuals matter
danluu.comA major difference between my friend's team and most teams is that my friend's team was composed of people who had a track record of being highly effective across a variety of contexts. In an earlier job, my friend started a job at a large-ish ($5B/yr revenue) government-run utility company and was immediately assigned a problem that, unbeknownst t... See more
Individuals matter
• What are your goals for yourself? What steps are you taking to achieve them?
• When are you most energized at work? How can you do more of that?
• On a scale of one to ten, how challenged do you feel? How challenged would you like to feel?
Dan Rockwell • Set Goals That Strengthen Relationships
- Can we re-frame this in terms of the customer’s problem?
- What’s the soonest we could get this done?
- What would you need to get this done tomorrow instead of next week?
- What would we need to do to get twice as many customers? Ten times as many customers?
- How does this relate to our goal? Is this the most important thing we can do for our goal?
- What’s mos
Sam Gerstenzang • Operating well – what I learned at Stripe
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