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1/ I’ve learned a lot about traits of a successful manager (i.e. CEO) after 42 months in this role. we’ve mapped 4 areas in a new framework.
2/ these 4 areas* include:
A. Foundation
B. Education
C. Work Experience
D. Personality
*not all of these are created equally
A. Foundation
B. Education
C. Work Experience
D. Personality
*not all of these are created equally
3/ the “Foundation” area contains traits we see the best CEOs excel at:
A. KPI discplined
B. Fires well
C. Self aware
A. KPI discplined
B. Fires well
C. Self aware
4/ we found for best CEOs (in or outside SVC portfolio), having a college degree or attending a top 25 school didn’t impact velocity of co.
5/ the “Work Experience” area highlighted the importance of matching CEOs to their previous work domain
6/ the “Personality” area showed us traits that exceptional CEOs bear:
A. They are decisive in decision making
B. They are blunt
A. They are decisive in decision making
B. They are blunt
7/ entire template framework is open-sourced 👇🏻, where you can see each of these 4 areas and associated key traits bit.ly/2qN5Pqk
8/ we’re inspired by our own lessons during the first few years of an investment fund but also lots of reading
.@bhorowitz on why honesty and clear communication are important traits of great managers. a must read. a16z.com/2017/07/27/how… 
this is such a great and iconic reading list for a general management course geared toward entrepreneurs
.@eugenewei on a company culture that embraces KPIs and “radical transparency” around leading indicators to focus on eugenewei.com/blog/2017/11/1… 
the “do-to-say” ratio in measuring an employee's ability to follow through on execution is a great, easy-to-quantify rubric
nytimes.com/guides/busines…
nytimes.com/guides/busines…
the most honest, forthcoming CEOs we know tend to be the better performing managers. don’t hide the bad and wait to share, confront it first and share a plan of how to improve.
knowing when to “fire oneself” from your current role as a manager is often overlooked. @libovness says it well in his path from product to management, which may sound counterintuitive but so right.
whoo.ps/2018/01/29/thr…
whoo.ps/2018/01/29/thr…
one of the tweets that I often come back to around this topic, particularly around the evolution of a founder to manager to leader
