Management & Leadership
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Management & Leadership
🎾 You're not "a top down dictator, but as a consensus builder amongst all the stakeholders, breaking a tie when necessary."
George from prodmgmt.worldx.com
Damn, the humility. It's just incredible.
Every clear directive you issue is a gift because it relievesyour staff of the stress of having to divine your goals. A cleardirective is an indication of trust: your way of saying "I havetaken the time and effort to figure out our goal. I nowacknowledge that you have the knowledge and resources to figureout the process."
Javier Grillo-Marxuach • 11 laws of showrunning
What can someone who's built multiple billion-dollar companies teach you? Some lessons from my conversation with Brad Jacobs: 1. If you get the major trend right, you can make mistakes and still succeed. 2. If you want extraordinary results, you can’t think like everyone else. 3. Complexity hides opportunity. 4. Focus on return on capital and
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When you start managing someone, use your 1:1s in the first couple of weeks to understand their Context. Most new managers focus solely on Content (projects/goals/blockers). But Context + Content lets you move faster from Rapport to Credibility to Trust.
Example 1:1 questions:
Shreyas Doshitwitter.comAccording to Ken Chenault, the legendary former CEO of American Express and current chairman of venture firm General Catalyst, the job of a leader is to deliver on two sometimes conflicting mandates: creating hope, and defining reality.