A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite
In most business books, the role of the CEO boils down to a small number of key responsibilities. The CEO:
- Sets the overall direction and strategy of the company and communicates this direction regularly to employees, customers, investors, etc.
- Hires, trains, and allocates company employees against this overall direction while maintaining company cul
Elad Gil • The role of the CEO: managing yourself – High Growth Handbook
To manage people well, you must develop trusting relationships with them, understand their strengths and weaknesses (as well as your own), make good decisions about who should do what (including hiring and firing when necessary), and coach individuals to do their best.
Julie Zhuo • The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
Once you clear these five hurdles, however, there is more you can do to improve your probability of success at scale. You can design the right incentives, use marginal thinking to make the most of your resources, and stay lean and effective as you grow. You can make decisions based on the opportunity cost of your time, discover your comparative adv... See more
John List • The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Gr…
the time and energy that you do invest in people issues should produce better results and create teams and a culture where momentum and energy thrive.