Management & Leadership

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:

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Culture Eats Strategy: Nucor’s Ken Iverson on Building a Different Kind of Company

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Great framework to empower people. — Apprentice: learning how to do things — Qualified: doing things — Proven: doing things and making sure they are done well — Empowered: knowing what needs to be done

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To make these grand missions a reality, Elon maintains a constant state of urgency by employing “surges”.

What is a surge? At least 2-3x a year, he sets an insane deadline which requires all-hands-on-deck and around-the-clock activity in order to meet a goal. This could be manufacturing a battery part for Tesla. Or stacking rocket stages onto the... See more

Trungphan2 • 6 thought on "Elon Musk" by Walter Isaacson

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A good brief increases the quality and reduces the quantity of conversation

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Conflict Avoidance is Dishonesty

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Danny Meyer: Hospitality and Humanity [The Knowledge Project Ep. #115] - Farnam Street

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Evan Frank

“It's so simple, yet makes such a difference. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.'”

— Mary Kay Ash

Sam Liebeskind

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

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