Management & Leadership
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Management & Leadership
various types of roles have widely varied metrics and information by which they are commonly incentivized
Abby Covert • Incentive Architecture before Information Architecture - Abby Covert, Information Architect
“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
To me, the greatest success you can have as the person in charge is to orchestrate others to do things well without you.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Discussing Frank Slootman's "Amp It Up" leadership philosophy of boosting performance by increasing intensity and eliminating slack.
TRANSCRIPT
Considerable slack naturally exists in organizations to perform at much higher levels. I would argue what Frank is saying here could also be applied to individuals. The considerable slack naturally exists in individuals to perform at much higher levels.
Let me go back to this. The role of leadership is to convert that lingering potential into
... See moreA great quote from Ross Perot:
"I come from an environment where, if you see a snake, you kill it. At GM, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is go hire a consultant on snakes. Then you get a committee on snakes, and then you discuss it for a couple of years. The most likely course of action is -- nothing. You... See more