It’s a little bit of a personality test actually. I’ve had to develop interview questions to try to suss out who would be good as a GM in this kind of model. But that’s one of the really, really important attributes: whether they’re truly willing to make collaborative decisions about the business with the CEO and with other GMs. What I asked this person was, “What would you want from me as your manager? What kind of interactions do you want?” You can tell from the answer whether the person really wants to have anything to do with you or thinks that you have something to add.
