today's 60-second book brief: superbosses by sydney finkelstein
TRANSCRIPT
Sydney Finkelstein has identifieD the traits that allow some leaders to spawn more top talent from their companies than all of the other companies in a market combined. Meet the characteristics of the Superbosses.
they hire people differently. They want people who are unusually
intelligent and incredibly creative, and people who can
apply those two traits across many different domains. They are
not afraid to hire people who might be smarter than them.
by setting incredibly difficult goals, and
by making them believe that they
can actually achieve them.
they motivate their employees by setting
incredibly difficult goals, and by
making them believe that they can
actually achieve them.
and to new ways of doing business. They nurture the skill of challenging the status quo in everybody who works for them.
they mentor the people who work for them on a close and intimate basis, truly caring for the development of their people.
Fifth, because they hire and nurture incredible talent, they are able to delegate
to a level that would make most managers lose a lot
of sleep at night.
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