Gonto: Leaders should hire at least one smart direct report they dislike
Martin Gontovnikas (Gonto) · Martin Gontovnikas (Gonto): The Biggest Mistakes Startups Make When Scaling into Enterprises | E1115 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Feb 14, 2024 · at 1:01:31
Martin Gontovnikas (Gonto), GP at Hypergrowth Partners and former SVP of Marketing at Auth0, discusses management tactics for avoiding clone hiring with Harry Stebbings on 20VC.
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“On the people that report to me, I always try to get at least one person that I don't like, because if I don't like them, but they are smart and they can get shit done, I will hate everything they say, but I will put my thoughts into believing them, trying to think about them, trying to think why they're coming with that. And that I think makes me a better leader and makes our team much better because we have a diverse set of opinions.”
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