Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle – Trillion Dollar Coach (2019)
The smart creative is someone who combines technical depth with business savvy and creative flair.
The top priority of any manager is the well-being and success of her people.
Bill believed in striving for the best idea, not consensus (which is groupthink and leads to inferior decisions).
You may know the answer and you may be right, but when you just blurt it out, you have robbed the team of the chance to come together. Getting the right answer is important, but having the whole team get there is just as important.
Compensating people well demonstrates love and respect and ties them strongly to the goals of the company.
A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.
The traits of coachability Bill sought were honesty and humility, the willingness to persevere and work hard, and a constant openness to learning.
The holy trinity of self-determination of human motivation:
- Feeling challenged and experiencing mastery;
- Feeling of belonging; and
- Feeling in control and having options.