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The Bozo Explosion
| Guest post by: David Carter |
Article Overview: It's worth 4 minutes to read Guy Kawasaki's "What I learned from Steve Jobs." He lists 12 lessons not to be lost or forgotten -- worthy, because unlike other such articles, Guy has been inside the tent and experienced first hand what it was like to work with Jobs (he was the chief evangelist of Apple). I particularly like lesson #9 -- A players hire A+ players. This is precisely why hiring the right people is still your most important leadership skill.
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The Bozo Explosion
It's worth 4 minutes to read Guy Kawasaki's "What I learned from Steve Jobs." He lists 12 lessons not to be lost or forgotten -- worthy, because unlike other such articles, Guy has been inside the tent and experienced first hand what it was like to work with Jobs (he was the chief evangelist of Apple). I particularly like lesson #9 --A players hire A+ players. This is precisely why hiring the right people is still your most important leadership skill.
What are A players?
My definition of an A player in your company is someone who has serious talent and cares enough to put in the necessary time to achieve and to win. That's it.
Here's an A player. They are always stretching goals that you set and they hate to lose. They take personal responsibility for everything. They push the people around them to set higher bars, to compete, to put in the necessary time. Ultimately, they care.
Now to Guy Kawasaki's "What I learned from Steve Jobs." Here is his rule #9:
A players hire A+ players
"Actually, Steve believed that A players hire A players - that is people who are as good as they are. I refined this slightly - my theory is that A players hire people even better than themselves. It's clear, though, that B players hire C players so they can feel superior to them, and C players hire D players. If you start hiring B players, expect what Steve called "the bozo explosion" to happen in your organization."
Therefore, it's imperative to keep you're A players great and to keep your bozo explosion at bay! It's not surprising that Steve Jobs' primary focus the past two years was on Apple University.
How many A-players do you have? How are you investing more time and resources into them? How are you finding them?
Contact David Paul Carter to help you keep your bozo factor at bay!
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