High Output Management

Written by former Intel CEO Andy Grove, High Output Management is a foundational business guide that applies manufacturing principles to leadership, arguing that a manager's ultimate effectiveness is measured by the total output of their team and the organizations they influence.

4 sections ยท 19 lessons

Course outline

The Breakfast Factory

  1. Start With Output
  2. Basics of Production
  3. Manage the Breakfast Factory
  4. Map a Work System

Management Is a Team Game

  1. Managerial Leverage
  2. One-on-Ones and Staff Meetings
  3. Mission Meetings and Follow-Through
  4. Decisions, Decisions
  5. Planning and OKRs
  6. Redesign a Manager's Week

Team of Teams

  1. Factory Goes National
  2. Hybrid Organizations
  3. Dual Reporting
  4. Modes of Control
  5. Choose a Scale Structure

The Players

  1. The Sports Analogy
  2. Task-Relevant Maturity
  3. Manager as Judge
  4. Interviewing for Evidence
  5. When Someone Quits
  6. Compensation as Feedback
  7. Training Is the Boss's Job
  8. Fix a Performance Case

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