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This was a stimulating read and I'll be adding "High Output Management" to my reading list. I've worked in organizations where the company strategy was poorly
by datadawg 7y ago
This was a stimulating read and I'll be adding "High Output Management" to my reading list.
I've worked in organizations where the company strategy was poorly defined and this led to confusion and misalignment at the lower levels. I remember talking to some of my coworkers, wondering whether we had an issue with our executive team. It's interesting to think that it's not the role of the exec team to set strategy, and the issue may have been with the management layer below the exec team. Then again, maybe the problem was with the culture/value of diffuse ownership set by the exec team...
- js2 7y agoBen Horowitz, when he was CEO at Loudcloud/Opsware, required his managers to read H.O. Management. Here's the foreword he wrote for a recent edition: https://a16z.com/2015/11/13/high-output-management/ https://a16z.com/2015/11/13/high-output-management/
- datadawg 7y agoThanks, really enjoyed that foreword and it really pushed High Output Management up on my reading list. Plus as a bonus I finally learned the name of "The Peter Principle" (the idea that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their level of incompetence).
- cheschire 7y agoThe peter principle and the dunning kruger effect define the majority of leadership I see these days.
- sixdimensional 7y agoThe Peter Principle book is awesome too, by the way. Highly recommended!
- icelancer 7y agoHigh Output Management is required reading at my startup. But so is Horowitz's book [0], which I think is actually better. [0]: https://smile.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205?sa-no-redirect=1 https://smile.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp...
- ellius 7y agoGreat book. I also recommend "The Effective Executive."