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Leveraging Logic as a Leader

In "Leveraging Logic as a Leader," Patty McCord emphasizes the practical aspects of leadership that go beyond the surface. She discusses the importance of starting with fundamentals, visualizing team success, and utilizing pattern recognition to drive organizational growth. McCord advocates for open communication and honesty within teams, empowering individuals to own their careers and deliver their best work. By fostering a culture where judgment matters and metrics align with clear deliverables, leaders can build effective teams ready to embrace challenges and change.

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Leveraging Logic as a Leader

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  1. Leveraging Logic as a Leader Patty McCord Cultivate 2013

  2. How I got here

  3. I did not write the Netflix Culture Deck

  4. It’s not what you aspire to doIt’s what you actually do

  5. Today’s Lessons • Start with: Fundamentals • Teams: Visualizing Greatness • My Secret: Pattern Recognition

  6. I Engineers

  7. Clean, straightforward, logical Good Right True Zero Black Bad Wrong False One White

  8. Fundamentals • Company First • Judgment trumps everything • You can just tell the truth

  9. Teams: Visualizing Greatness In 6 months if everything was amazing and you had the perfect team in place… What would be occurring then that’s not occurring now?

  10. What would you measure? • Metrics • Deliverables • Reporting • Cross functional alignment • Timeline, deadlines, due dates

  11. What would it look like? • Winning debates? • Winning tests? • Customer feedback? • Data and analysis? • Influence?

  12. What would people need to know how to do to pull that off?

  13. What skills and experience would it take to know how to do that?

  14. Then,and only then,Who do you got?

  15. Because • To build the right team - you must know what you are going to build • If you start with who you have, you may be limited in what you can do • You now can tell the truth

  16. …and furthermore • People can decide if they are motivated by the work • They know what they can do • They can own their careers • They can opt in or out

  17. Imagine a world • No Performance Improvement Plans • Where interviewing isn’t a sin • You can be honest • People can do their best work

  18. Pattern Recognition

  19. I leaned this from them

  20. Learn to Observe • To change • To challenge • To the unknown • To each other • To unexpected interruption • To learning

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