For all you leaders out there. Some good advice from Andy Grove, quoted by Bob Sutton who was interviewed by Guy Kawasaki (good interview, overall).
My question, though: What if folks only see your conviction and never your flexibility?
Yup, been burned for that.
Link: Signum sine tinnitu–by Guy Kawasaki: Ten Questions with Bob Sutton.
“I think it is very important for you to do two things: act on your temporary conviction as if it was a real conviction; and when you realize that you are wrong, correct course very quickly …. And try not to get too depressed in the part of the journey, because there’s a professional responsibility. If you are depressed, you can’t motivate your staff to extraordinary measures. So you have to keep your own spirits up even though you well understand that you don’t know what you’re doing.”
