Who recommended High Output Management?

21 people have recommended High Output Management in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Nat Eliason, Marc Andreessen, Ev Williams and Keith Rabois. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is High Output Management worth reading?

21 people we track recommend it. It is best for: A newly promoted engineering manager at a hardware startup who needs a no-frills system for setting goals, running meetings, and evaluating performance before things spin out of control.; A mid-career operations director inside a large manufacturing firm who wants to sharpen their managerial decision-making and apply factory logic to white-collar work.; A founder facing their first scaling crisis who realizes their gut-based leadership isn’t enough and needs structured methods to delegate without losing control.. It may not suit: You’re leading a highly creative team where autonomy and intrinsic motivation matter more than process; Grove’s command-and-control undertones will grate. likely drop-off point: the chapter on task-relevant maturity feels infantilizing if you believe people don’t need close supervision.; You’re looking for contemporary, inclusive leadership advice; the examples are dated (reference to 1980s Intel) and the language occasionally reflects a bygone era of management.; You prefer narrative-driven business books; this is a dense instruction manual with few stories, and you’ll likely put it down during the extended explanations of manufacturing metrics..

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High Output Management: Recommended by 21 People

Name: High Output Management
Author: Andrew Grove
ISBN: 9781101972366

In this legendary business book and Silicon Valley staple, the former chairman and CEO of Intel shares his perspective on how to build and run a company. A practical handbook for navigating real-life business scenarios and a powerful management manifesto with the ability to revolutionize the way we work. The essential skill of creating and maintaining new businesses—the art of the entrepreneur—can be summed up in a single word: managing. Born of Grove’s experiences at one of America’s leading technology companies (as CEO and employee number three at Intel), High Output Management is equally appropriate for sales managers, accountants, consultants, and teachers, as well as CEOs and startup…