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Many people think management is about other people. I think management starts with understanding what you’re good at and what you need to work on.
Claire Hughes Johnson • Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
I have found the “The Basics of Production,” the first chapter of Andy Grove’s High Output Management, to be particularly helpful.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

couldn't figure out what a receptionist would do. And executive assistants, we don't have those either. So on the subject of hiring, I don't look at a head count budget when I think of hiring people. I wait until I see the need for someone—when I can carve out a job description that's 80 percent full on the day someone starts—and that's when I'll o
... See moreJessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

When he saw a manager failing, he would try to find another role—perhaps at a lower level—where