StartUp / Founder Story
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The speaker reflects on their performance review and acknowledges a tendency to dismiss individuals they perceive as ineffective. They express a desire to improve their empathy in their role as COO.
- I left the review and I certainly will never forget it
- I reported to John call us in for an interim period
- I had one performance review with him
- He said I do a great job of being both demanding and supportive within my own organization
- When I dont think somebodys good at their job, theyre dead to me
- That phrase, you cant unhear that
- I went home and reflected on my behavior
- I frequently wrote somebody off when I did not think they were effective at their job in a function that I was not running
- I dont know that I have fixed that
- Being in the role of COO, Ive developed meaningfully more empathy through various points of failure or relatively harsh feedback