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Adam Fishman: commitment

13 Oct 2022 Lenny's Podcast How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

“What's really important to you for the first person in this role? Or the expectations that you have of what I will bring to the table.”

— Adam Fishman

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Adam Fishman
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commitment
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13 Oct 2022
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Lenny's Podcast

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…To throw in a question real quick, is one way to use this model, coming back to your Wyzant example where there's of course misalignment between you and the founder to sit down and look at this circle here and be like, "Here's where I'm strong, here's where maybe we need to hire someone to take over." Yeah, absolutely. You can almost use it as a reverse interviewing characteristic and say, "What are the competencies you, founder, CEO, care about? What's really important to you for the first person in this role? Or the expectations that you have of what I will bring to the table. " And then you can be really candid about what you're good at and what you're not good at, where you're developing. So yeah, I agree with that for sure. Awesome. I know this also plays into evaluating your performance and it could be like, "Hey Adam, here's the three things that we want to focus on in the next cycle."…

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