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This looks like it's a problem with job titles but it's really a problem with managing people. The job title is just the symptom. I have a talk with everyone w
by jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
This looks like it's a problem with job titles but it's really a problem with managing people. The job title is just the symptom.
I have a talk with everyone who works for me in which I say "this is a startup, job titles are flexible, and everybody (including me) will have to revisit their role and title frequently. If you're OK with that, then great. If not, we should talk it through now so everybody's expectations are set."
- joshuamerrill 15y agoI absolutely agree with you. I appreciate the author's advice, though I have a hard time imagining 3 or 4 cofounders doing fundraising when there isn't someone calling him or her self "CEO." (I personally take no special pleasure in calling myself CEO. If it confers more ability to control my destiny, then great; anything beyond that is an ego game that no startup founder has time to play.)
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- alttag 15y agoWait .. you're saying that good leadership is setting expectations early, being consistent, and following up on them?! Of course it is. In my experience those are the two hardest things for people (including me) to do.