A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company

Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by knorker on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:03PM (#24723924)

It's a business. Not a kindergarten. Though in Silicon Valley (having worked there) I know many employees don't understand this.

It's like that person who screamed "we're trying to build a home here!" at a university when someone was to be cancelled. What? No... that's not what a university is.

Emergent values and culture? A CEO should just start paying people and hope that a business emerges? What? It's literally the job of the leadership to steer the company.

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Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by ada1981 on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:02PM (#24735300)

I’d suggest reading Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan.

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Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by knorker on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:33PM (#24741683)

Seems interesting from the Ted Talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTkKSJSqU-I) summary.

But note "Leaders nudge people and the tribe to the next stage". In this case the leader sees where the tribe is going and is steering away from that sinkhole of unhappiness (constant workplace politicking doesn't make anybody happy, even when perceived progress is being made) and unproductivity that is workplace activism.

Putting a fire extinguisher on that self-destructive behavior seems like the leader's job. It's not something you should be nurturing.

You may disagree about it being self-destructive, but that would be a different issue.

But thanks for the book recommendation. Adding it to my list.

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