The Chief Executive Operating System: The Essential Playbook for Success in the CEO Role by Joel Trammell and Sherif Sakr

BATB score: 6/10 🥱

Best as: nothing more than what you already know compiled into a book with nice quotes here and there

Best for: first time people manager

Best to: I disagree, I believe that when you do get to be CEOs, be the CEO that is truest to who you are; no point following any framework or format; just be you, the board of directors, the company, your subordinates won’t be going to your funeral anyways

Best quotes: “people don’t leave companies; they leave managers”

“You cannot turn the wrong people into the right people with money.”

“Managers who don’t lead are quite discouraging but leaders who don’t manage don’t know what’s going on.”

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

“People will do anything for those who encourage their dream, justify their failures, allay their fears, confirm their suspicions, and help them throw rocks at their enemies.”

“Two good rules of thumb are to not ask the board’s permission if you don’t need it, and to not ask the board’s advice if you don’t want it.”

“What the climber, like many entrepreneurs and CEOs, has failed to realize is that life happens in the valleys in between the mountain tops.”

“You are a human being, not a human doing. Your fulfillment in life is separate from the things you do or achieve.”