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Bill Campbell: Coach to Silicon Valley's Biggest Names
49:27 - 56:16 (06:49)
Bill Campbell, famous Silicon Valley coach and mentor to Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, was known for getting past marketing slogans and encouraging his mentees to articulate a precise principle for making the world a better place through their work, as well as humanizing them to get them to march in the same direction as a collective. He also advised structuring meetings around trip reports to foster connection and communication.
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The key to leadership is to lead the whole person rather than just their abilities to do a job.
49:27 - 52:29 (03:01)
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The key to leadership is to lead the whole person rather than just their abilities to do a job. Bill Campbell, an integral coach, taught his mentees to initiate meetings with trip reports and make a list of things to talk about to ensure everyone is marching in the same direction.
ChapterBill Campbell: Coach to Silicon Valley's Biggest Names
Episode#367: Eric Schmidt — Lessons from a Trillion-Dollar Coach
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Bill Campbell's approach to decision making was to get past marketing phrases and focus on precise principles that would make the world a better place.
52:29 - 54:18 (01:49)
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Bill Campbell's approach to decision making was to get past marketing phrases and focus on precise principles that would make the world a better place. He believed in having a decision maker in the room but decisions were not made until after other people had their say.
ChapterBill Campbell: Coach to Silicon Valley's Biggest Names
Episode#367: Eric Schmidt — Lessons from a Trillion-Dollar Coach
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Bill Gates had a protocol for resolving conflicts within Microsoft, where he would encourage individuals with opposing views to come up with a joint proposal.
54:18 - 56:16 (01:58)
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Bill Gates had a protocol for resolving conflicts within Microsoft, where he would encourage individuals with opposing views to come up with a joint proposal. Furthermore, he demonstrated his credibility as a leader by suggesting that current CEO, Satya Nadella, should temporarily replace him as chairman in 2014.