Management & Leadership
by sari and · updated 2mo ago
Management & Leadership
“You’re here, he’s there. If you trust him, trust him. If you don’t trust him, fire him and get a man you do trust in the job.”
Sam Zemurray, The Banana Man
Sam Liebeskind added 9mo ago
- Establish a shared foundation Before you introduce a new room to the team’s architectural diagrams, you must make sure everyone had the same original plan in mind. It would not do for you to suggest let us add another floor but in your head, the original plan was a 2-story house and in your colleague’s mind, it was a 3 story house. So do the equ... See more
phoebe and added 1y ago
The essential responsibilities of a leader/company exec, via DHH:
1. Chart the course
Where are we going? What are we building? Who is it for? Any executive running anything has to know the answer to these questions in order to lead anyone anywhere. If you don't have a clue where you're going, any road can take you there, and running in circles
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Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
phoebe added 5mo ago
as a leader, how do you decide whether to optimize or innovate?
not that you can’t do both at the same time — it’s really a matter of degree. but it’s an important matter of degree.
sari added 6mo ago
- "I tried to conduct myself in such a way that I wanted my players to act. I think our youngsters, whether they be basketball players or our children at home, need models more than they need critics." John Wooden
phoebe added 1y ago
“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 added 3mo ago
“I come not to teach but to awaken”
- Meher Baba
Sam Liebeskind added 9mo ago
If you work on anything worthwhile, sooner or later people will care about it and will want you to send progress updates. These could be quarterly investor updates, weekly updates to your boss, emails to adjacent teams, etc. Here are tips on how to do this well.
Understand your role, and with each update add to the body of evidence that you’re a goo
Sam Liebeskind added 3mo ago