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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
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
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
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
I think it’s totally false that we have to treat them differently. I can’t stand the term “millennials,” and the ones I know hate the name tag too. We should simply think of them as people early in their careers. Yes, we should teach them more, but we should teach them more about how business works.
Patty McCord • Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
“There is a formula for success in business, and it goes like this: You set out to find the very best talent in the marketplace, and then give them a compelling and inspirational vision of what you want them to achieve for you and the company. Then you empower them to achieve those goa... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On inspiration, how to lose, and building a successful business
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