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Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO (a16z)

Ben Horowitz · 14 Apr 2011

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Peacetime and wartime require radically different management styles

Their wordsMy greatest management discovery through that transition was that peacetime and wartime require radically different management styles.

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  1. Our reading

    Peacetime and wartime require radically different management styles

    Their wordsMy greatest management discovery through that transition was that peacetime and wartime require radically different management styles.

  2. Our reading

    A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard

    Their wordsI believe that the answer is yes, but it’s hard. Mastering both wartime and peacetime skill sets means understanding the many rules of management and knowing when to follow them and when to violate them.

  3. Our reading

    Management books tend to describe peacetime methods because consultants study companies in times of peace

    Their wordsBe aware that management books tend to be written by management consultants who study successful companies during their times of peace. As a result, the resulting books describe the methods of peacetime CEOs.

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