fourTHREE MANAGEMENTMETHODS (INTRODUCTION)
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2006
If you want to lead a team, a company, an army, or a country, the primary problem you face is getting everyone moving in the same direction, which is really just a polite way of saying "getting people to do what you want."
Think of it this way. As soon as your team consists of more than one person, you're going to have different people with different agendas. They want different things than you want. If you're a startup founder, you might want to make a lot of money quickly so you can retire early and spend the next couple of decades going to conferences for women bloggers. So you might spend most of your time driving around Sand Hill Road talking to VCs who might buy the company ...
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