Book Titles

Amp It Up
Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity

By Frank Slootman

Year Published: 2022
ISBN-13: 978-1119836414
Categories: Expectations, Growth, Urgency

98 Quotes Found

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If you can’t find the backbone to make necessary changes, you are holding everyone else back from reaching their full potential.

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…you must staff ahead of need. Recruiting never stops.

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Ultimately, leaders are only as good as the people they surround themselves with.

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Culture matters more than you think… A strong culture can greatly help organizations and become an enduring source of competitive advantage.

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While there is nothing wrong with good intentions, we need to align the culture with the mission.

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Culture can become a force multiplier, but it doesn’t just happen with good intentions.

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Accountability is uncomfortable because we all live with the anxiety of being good enough and the anxiety of telling others they aren’t good enough.

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…if you want a great company, you can’t give out free passes for mediocrity. Good enough is never good enough.

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It’s hard to beat a well-executing organization, even it the strategy isn’t perfect.

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If you want a strong culture, you will have to make hard decisions to let certain people go for the greater good. There’s no way to avoid those cases.

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