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Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
BILL NOS CONSELHOS DE DIRETORIA É TAREFA DO CEO ADMINISTRAR OS CONSELHOS DIRETORES, NÃO O CONTRÁ
Eric Schimdt • O coach de um trilhão de dólares: O manual de liderança do Vale do Silício (Portuguese Edition)
He had this style about him leaving no doubt that while he would share his point of view, he was not making recommendations or prescriptions: you, the CEO, were the judge. It actually made it easier to seek him out, as he didn't demand you follow his point of view. He impressed on me that the role of the board was to hire and fire the CEO, and that
... See moreFrank Slootman • TAPE SUCKS: Inside Data Domain, A Silicon Valley Growth Story
Who’s Responsible for Vision? Our hapless CEO is a good example of another recurring problem at high-tech companies: the question of who is responsible for the strategic vision. Is it the board of directors, the CEO, or the executive team? After six months on the job, Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM in 1993, was pressured to give his vision for IBM. He wa
... See moreMichael E. McGrath • Product Strategy for High Technology Companies
Issue Identification There are two excellent ways that I know of to encourage people to identify the key issues in the company that need to be solved. 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 peopl
... See moreMatt Mochary • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
Who will need to be consulted prior to making the decision? • Who will ratify or veto the decision? • Who will need to be informed of the decision?
Andrew S. Grove • High Output Management
Malcom McLean sold his stock and quietly left the board of R. J. Reynolds Industries in February 1977. By all accounts, the marriage had not been a happy one. McLean was frustrated by the tobacco giant’s bureaucracy and bewildered by its repeated changes of strategy. Most of all, though, he was restless. “I am a builder, and they are runners,” McLe
... See moreMarc Levinson • The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author
When they chose their lawyer, who would deal with the financial community for them, they insisted that he invest some of his own money in their company. “We don’t want you running away if we get in trouble. We want you there protecting your own money,”
Tracy Kidder • The Soul of A New Machine
Ramsey Beirne pitch to take on a search assignment, say he would consider it, then disappear for a few days before returning with an answer. The CEO’s of these small companies were consulting someone else, and that someone else, upon investigation, turned out to be the venture capitalist who sat on the company’s board of directors.