Your CEO is your culture.”
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“Patrick Pichette once said this at a fireside chat, and I continue to appreciate the pithy wisdom in that line. People look to the leader to demonstrate the values and priorities of the organization, which means What You Do Is Who You Are, as Ben Horowitz titled his book.”
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“I remind leaders I coach that everybody is watching them, and building stories and conclusions from what they hear or see. To scale and align their organizations, they must consistently apply principles and values to make decisions so that others can model the tradeoffs they make. Without that consistency, chaos reigns in the org, as people do whatever is easiest or best for their own interests.”
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“I remind people looking for jobs that alignment with their manager (and preferably their exec) is key to their own success. As the saying goes, people quit managers, not jobs. If they don’t agree with their management chain on what’s important, they will not be successful. Part of the reason I stayed in my Chief of Staff role for over six years is that I trusted Jerry Dischler’s judgment and shared his values, and his org reflected his integrity. ”
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“How do you feel about the leaders of your org, and what their behavior implies about the culture? ”
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