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Hey Ryan, I'm just curious how you handle spending quality time with your employees. I've worked at companies where the CEO is never around, and when you do me
by yesimahuman 14y ago
Hey Ryan,
I'm just curious how you handle spending quality time with your employees. I've worked at companies where the CEO is never around, and when you do meet with him, it's in meetings that feel rushed and they are always looking at their watch for the next meeting. Frankly, it's disrespectful and it does negatively impact the morale of the team.
I'm in the CEO role right now, and I'm realizing a lot of meetings that we schedule are frankly worthless. We'd be better off canceling them and spending time working on stuff with the team.
As a side note, I enjoyed watching some of the making of the Boeing 777 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3551731641323350192 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3551731641323350192). Then-CEO Alan Mulally is often in meetings with the employees and not trying to control every thing. It's pretty refreshing.
- tatsuke95 14y agoHe can't hear you. He's at the gym.
- pitt1980 14y agowhy are you being a dick? if you want him to go into more detail about a paticular item, why don't you ask about it? if you don't care at all, why don't you just find a different item to read?
- larrys 14y ago"why are you being a dick?" Surprisingly the OP's profile says: "Not a hacker whatsoever, but enthralled by the culture." Ryan has gotten ink on HN. There is something to be learned from that. It is a part of the culture or it wouldn't get comments the way it has.
- ryancarson 14y agoI agree - it's really important to be fully present and not rush. As you said, if you're rushing the meeting then it's probably not important
- yesimahuman 14y agoWell, what I meant was that if you are rushing meetings with your own employees, something is wrong on your end.