In work and also in personal life, it’s always better to find and work/be with personalities that are smarter and better than you.
Of course, there are insecurities that come with it when you are working with or managing people who are smarter than you are, but at the same time, it’s very rewarding to lift and elevate these folks.
No need to really ‘manage’ people like that, lead them instead with proper metrics to keep them accountable to results.
Conversely, there’s a cost for working with B players that is not apparent immediately at first. As an entrepreneur or a CEO, you feel like you’re saving money, but in the long-term it will come back to bite you. It’s just not worth saving money in the short-term if in the long-term it can harm you and your business.
Let go of your ego. Work with people who specialize in specific areas and are preferably at least twice as better than you in their own discipline like marketing, sales, product management, operations.
In Summary:
- Hire and work with only A players.
- Don’t manage A players, lead them.
- Set very specific metrics and keep them accountable.
- Encourage and support them to do their best work!