High Output Management

By Andrew Grove

Categories: Business & Money

Andy Grove, who led Intel, believed the art of building and running a business comes down to one word: managing. High Output Management is his practical handbook for doing it well. His central idea is managerial leverage. A manager's output is the output of the team, so good managers spend their time where it multiplies everyone else's work. Grove covers productive teams, motivation, and tools like the one-on-one meeting. His lessons apply to teachers and consultants as much as to CEOs and founders.

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• Patrick Bet-David: “this is probably at the top of the list of these five books”
• Brian Armstrong: “Andy Grove’s classic book on management. Surprisingly, I found I was already using many of the management ideas in this book (1:1, OKRs, etc) which is a testament to just how influential this book is.”