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Here is my radical proposition: a business leader’s job is to create great teams that do amazing work on time. That’s it. That’s the job of management.
Patty McCord • Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
In product development, if something doesn’t work, you get rid of it. I realized we could apply that same principle to managing people.
Patty McCord • Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
the most important job of management is to focus really intently on the building of great teams.
Patty McCord • Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
We find deep meaning in the act of serving.
Frances Frei • Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business
it’s a misconception that more people make better stuff. With our teams at Pure, and all around Silicon Valley, I could see the power of small, unencumbered teams.
Patty McCord • Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
effective CEO/coach might say,
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software
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How the Greatest Entrepreneurs Hire (h/t David Senra)
Steve Jobs stated that each new hire became a percentage of the company, so why wouldn’t you take the time to find all A-players?
David Ogilvy, as an already established businessman, would see advertisements that he liked and then cold call the person who made the ad — this is how he sourced his t