(Extracted from Bloomberg on Bloomberg) We handle perks differently, too. At Bloomberg, as you get promoted and your compensation increases, you aren’t expected to work less and take more vacations. Quite the...
(Extracted from Zero to One by Peter Thiel) Talented people don’t need to work for you; they have plenty of options. You should ask yourself a more pointed version of the question: Why would someone join your...
(Extracted from Zero to One by Peter Thiel) for equity to create commitment rather than conflict, you must allocate it very carefully. Giving everyone equal shares is usually a mistake: every individual has...
(Extracted from Zero to One by Peter Thiel) For people to be fully committed, they should be properly compensated. Whenever an entrepreneur asks me to invest in his company, I ask him how much he intends to pay...
(Excerpt from Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker) Incompetence is a problem that inexperienced people have, and all things being equal, we don’t entrust inexperienced people with all that much power or...
(Extracted from Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker) Whether an introvert or an extrovert is the better leader depends on whom they are leading. When employees are passive, the social, energetic extroverts...
(Extracted from Bloomberg on Bloomberg) “If a company can’t survive a change at the top, the top person hasn’t done her or his job. Talent development is one of a CEO’s most important responsibilities.“...
(Excerpt from Principles by Ray Dalio) Don’t collect people. Firing people is not a big deal—certainly nowhere near as big a deal as keeping badly performing people, because keeping a person in a job they are not...
(Extracted from Principles by Ray Dalio) Evaluate employees with the same rigor as you evaluate job candidates. Ask yourself: “Would I hire this person knowing what I now know about them?” I find it odd and...
(Excerpt from The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky) Typically, the type A “doers” on the team are the powerful antibodies that extinguish new ideas that put time lines and budgets at risk. In contrast, the wide-eyed...
