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#173 Frank Slootman: Doing Less, Doing Better

2023/8/8
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弗兰克·斯洛特曼在访谈中分享了他多年来在硅谷担任CEO的经验,以及他独特的管理理念。他强调要根据实际情况灵活处理问题,而非照搬既定方案;要快速识别并解决问题,优先处理行为问题而非绩效问题;要建立信任,并对不良行为采取果断措施;要专注于核心业务,避免贪多嚼不烂;要积极对抗官僚主义,保持企业的活力和创新能力;要培养员工的积极性和竞争意识,并促进绩效改进;要对优秀员工进行表彰和奖励;要保持销售团队的持续稳定的业绩表现;要加强销售和产品团队的合作;要积极应对市场变化,并进行必要的变革;要勇于承认并改正错误;要提高招聘标准,并进行充分的背景调查;要保持高标准和高要求,营造积极向上的企业文化。他认为,成功的关键在于持续改进,不断追求卓越,并帮助所有利益相关者取得成功。 他分享了他接手新公司前90天的策略,包括评估团队成员、职能部门的有效性,并快速处理紧急问题。他强调要根据实际情况灵活处理问题,而非照搬既定方案。他还分享了他对企业文化和领导力的看法,他认为企业不应像家庭一样运作,而更像职业体育队,追求共同目标,而非仅仅是友谊。他强调要快速处理严重问题,优先解决行为问题而非绩效问题,因为行为是选择而非技能。他还谈到了如何建立信任,以及如何处理不良行为,他认为关键在于公平公正,并对不良行为采取果断措施。

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Frank Slootman discusses his approach to the first 90 days in a new company, emphasizing situational adaptability and first principles thinking.

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Frank Slootman doesn’t start companies. But no CEO has a better track record for turning the ideas of others into jackpots. On this episode of the Knowledge Project, Slootman dives deep into the no-nonsense, results-based strategies that have made him a leading executive, including how to approach the first 90 days after taking over a company, doing less and doing better, the difference between a good sales organization and a great one, how to get the best out of people, positioning yourself for future success,  and so much more.   Slootman is the Chairman and CEO at Snowflake, a cloud computing–based data company which currently boasts a market capitalization of $81 billion. Prior to taking over at Snowflake im April 2019, Slootman served as the Chairman and CEO of cloud computing company ServiceNow, and he also spent six years as the President and CEO of Data Domain Inc., a venture-backed storage company.
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