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It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
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From the start, Abrashoff knew you can’t simply order people to be better. Even if that appears to work, the results are short term and the consequences enormous. It doesn’t matter if you’re on a ship or running a manufacturing company. You don’t tap into people’s resourcefulness, intelligence, and skills by command-and-control. “Show me an organiz
... See moreShane Parrish • Clear Thinking
- The weak team now had a great leader who elevated their performance
- The strong team maintained a durable culture
Stay SaaSy • Advice That I Can't Get Out of My Head
Ben Horowitz • Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO | Andreessen Horowitz
And as I learned in that 2003 S-Team meeting, if you started caveating or waffling about why you were not hitting objectives, Jeff wouldn’t hesitate to tear that kimono off for you.
John Rossman • The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company
Ben Horowitz • Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO | Andreessen Horowitz
Peacetime CEO knows that proper protocol leads to winning. Wartime CEO violates protocol in order to win.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Cedric Chin • Exec Development is a Different Game
CEOs can't manage from behind the desk—you need to be the first guy or gal over the barricades, gloves off. You need to know from experience what it's like getting your nose bloodied; otherwise, your troops can't relate to you and you can't relate to them.