Clark: Prioritize avoiding getting fired over seeking promotion
Dave Clark · Dave Clark: Lessons from Leading 1M Employees w/ Jeff Bezos at Amazon to CEO of Flexport | E1036 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jul 17, 2023 · at 11:39
Dave Clark, former CEO of Amazon's worldwide consumer business and Flexport CEO, discusses his practical executive task prioritization framework.
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“I do first, I do the things that will get me fired. And second, I do the things that get me promoted. So like I do on a straight up prioritization mechanism, I have a similar structure to that, you know, but I have a more Amazon one way. What's going to get me fired or what's going to get me promoted? Like it's a narrow set. Do the promotion list last.”
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