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Grove was fascinated to find that some people, with no prompting, were consistently driven to “try to test the outer limits of their abilities” and achieve their “personal best.” These employees were a manager’s dream; they were never self-satisfied. But Grove also understood that not everyone was a natural-born achiever. For the rest, “stretched”
... See moreJohn Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
AN INSTIGATOR is different from a genius, but just as uncommon. An instigator is different, too, from the most skillful manager, someone able to wrest excellence out of people who might otherwise fall short. Somewhere between Shannon (the genius) and Kelly (the manager), Pierce steered a course for himself at Bell Labs as an instigator. “I tried to
... See moreJon Gertner • The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
continuous performance management,
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
To increase the number of folks leading this kind of project, I’ve iterated into a structured process that has worked quite well:
Will Larson • An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management
The very best executives tend to be a combination of a router (i.e., they send items on to other people for execution and end meetings with few to no action items for themselves), a strategist, and a problem solver (i.e., someone who can identify when the team is off track and dive in to help).
Elad Gil • High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups From 10 to 10,000 People
