Ali Rowghani - How to Lead
by Parker · 24 things on Twos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HDO1p3VdYg&ab_channel=YCombinator
- Anyone can be a great leader, but you have to be yourself
- People can see inauthenticity
- Think and communicate clearly
- You have to get better and better because you are reaching more and more
- Simplicity is key and takes a lot of time and preparation
- Practice makes you better
- Clarity of thought proceeds clarity of language
- You have to think clearly to communicate clearly
- Free up time to think and jot down your thoughts
- If you are standing in front of a group of employees, don't wing it, prepare, maybe practice
- Good judgement about people
- Meet a lot of people when hiring to get a good sense of what people are good for each role
- Learn from every interview
- Be self-reflective about the development of people within your organizations and your own choices about who you are empowering
- Strong personal integrity and commitment
- Stand for something meaningful beyond yourself and be motivated by things outside of your narrow personal interests
- Avoid behavior that diminishes trust
- Commitment means making your work into a life mission which inspires other people, and giving it your all
- Hold yourself accountable to the transparency test
- If all of your private communications and behavior towards others was transparent, would you be embarrassed by any of it?
- We all make mistakes but patterns are bad
- The best way to measure great leaders is in terms of the amount of trust they receive from the people around them
- Strive for something bigger than yourself and don't be selfish and self-centered