Span Of Control
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Companies Should Ban Managers Who Have Fewer Than Ten Direct Reports
“You either need to be managing 50 humans, or you need to be an IC. And so they would, there's something called span of control, which means how many people you manage in some ways. And so span of control less than 10 should not be allowed at any company at thi…”
Gerstner: AI will widen managerial span of control across enterprises
“When you look at span of control in companies, right? There are some companies, you know, that still have, and that's the number of employees per manager, right? So you can imagine that will widen, you know, because AI will allow you to, you know, have more pe…”
Haas: Executive span of control should depend on talent, not rules
“I am a bit of a non-conformist when it comes to a rule that says you have to have five direct reports, you have to have nine direct reports, you can have no more than seven because span of control. I think a lot of that It just comes down to the talent of your…”
Jocko Willink: A manager's span of control depends on their team's competence
“If you're running a team, and everyone on the team is A players, guess what, you can control more of them, because you don't have to give them as much direction. If you have a bunch of substandard players on your team, and guess what, they're gonna need more d…”