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“You need to put more on your department heads,” he replied. “You pay them executive salaries but are too scared to relinquish control sufficiently to do the high-level stuff we are supposed to be doing.
this is how corporations work—you hire the talent and let them do their damn thing, while you make sure the company is running functionally, running well, and all of those creative, interesting people are delivering on what
they say they will. If keeping your hand in is that important to you, schedule that kind of meeting in on a weekly basis,
No ifs, no buts, no coconuts.
“There’s a world of difference between someone who uses violence against you in anger and one who does so in controlled and agreed to conditions. One is abuse.