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Elements of Company Building
- Spearchucker 13y agoWarning: Rant These sorts of fluff articles/posts annoy me. They try and sound wise, all-knowing and give enough information to impress n00bs (those who might benefit most from the information), without actually saying anything that's useful and practical. One example - leadership. It's not even defined properly (influencing others to get their help in getting something done). If the author wanted to provide useful advice, he might have mentioned how you establish trust and credibility [1], which are the trade tools of any good leader. The author could similarly have provided references to works on strategy (Sinofsky's One Strategy, Sun Tzu, whatever), made at least a passing reference to SMART objectives, let alone anything on objective setting [2]. The whole post is just so... devoid of anything useful. [1] This link discusses trust and credibility in the context of an IT project, but the principles apply to all leaders: https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Entry.aspx?id=d8c54975-bd0a-410b-b266-d73c1f45c641 https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Entry.aspx?id=d8c54975-bd0a-410... [2] This one is badly written, but it's a start, at least: https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Entry.aspx?id=ec41ffcc-1991-45f3-9a69-c4a375b5e7b2 https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Entry.aspx?id=ec41ffcc-1991-45f...
- dkokelley 13y agoI'm particularly fond of SMART objectives. For the uninitiated: Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time-bound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria
- billclerico 13y agoHi there (I wrote the piece) - I didn't intend for this to get posted to HN. Per the post, it's a framework for more posts to come, where I intend to go into more detail. I'm sorry you didn't find it valuable.
- swombat 13y agoImportant lesson of blogging: If there isn't someone out there spending their time to tell you you're an idiot, you're doing it wrong.