In conversation: The CEO moment
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In conversation: The CEO moment
It is breathtaking how slow, substandard and unfocused many companies out there get through the day. And think nothing of it. The lack of energy is palatable. There is performance upside everywhere. As a leader, your opportunity is to reset in each of these dimensions. You do it in every single conversation, meeting, and encounter. You look for and
... See moreFrank Slootman • Amp It Up!
As the former CEO of both Data Domain and ServiceNow, two successful tech companies in recent years, I am often confronted with questions: what did you guys do? What is the secret sauce? How did you do it? We never thought of ourselves as that different. We certainly didn’t think we had stumbled on a silver bullet. Did we just get incredibly lucky ... See more
Many CEOs also send out a weekly one-pager to all employees updating them on the status of the #1 priority and other significant developments inside the company and the industry. Employees want to hear from their top leader and appreciate the sense of being on the inside provided by this kind of report.
Verne Harnish • Scaling Up : How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)
The first: Have each person imagine that they are the CEO and ask themselves the question, “What are the most important issues (maximum three) for me to solve in the next ninety days?” Allowing people to put themselves in the CEO role gives them permission to think like an owner. The second: Just as people’s fullest thoughts about someone can be dr
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