Anique Drumright
11 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 3, 2023 by Anique Drumright · across every show →
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Aug 3, 2023
Drumright: Managing senior leaders should focus on decision sparring, not interpersonal dynamics
“I think as someone is becoming more senior, you shouldn't be spending time there. That is just a core leadership capability to work cross-functionally. But I think where you end up spending time is actually sparring. On the choices and the decision making, lik…”
Aug 3, 2023 negative
Aug 3, 2023 positive
Drumright: Asking candidates how they annoy coworkers cuts through rehearsed answers
“Cause there's something about the word annoyance or disappoints that's emotional. Like you can't give a polished answer to it. Like no one has like a cute annoyance answer or like a phoenix rising from the ashes answer to that. It has to be wrong because I'm a…”
Aug 3, 2023
Drumright: Leaders must preview multi-month plans informally before official rollout
“I think what I have learned is when launching a new initiative or when rolling out a three month plan, a six month plan, et cetera, you always want to preview it. You don't want anything to surprise anyone. You want to get lots of informal feedback ahead of ti…”
Aug 3, 2023 neutral
Drumright: Low energy in high-performing employees usually signals personal life issues
“Extraordinarily rarely is someone crushing, having like both the inputs and the outputs that they want to be seeing and have an energy on red. That is very rare unless there's something extraordinary going on in a person's life.”
Aug 3, 2023 positive
Aug 3, 2023
Drumright: Red-yellow-green ratings on energy and execution predict team success
“The most telling questions are the top two. So the first is what's your energy? Red, yellow, green. And then how would you grade your execution? Red, yellow, green. Because I think both of those questions Especially in like a remote global team where you're no…”
Aug 3, 2023
Drumright: Sustained team inspiration requires clear context rather than charisma
“I don't think it is charisma. I think you can actually have a lot of charisma And when the what and the why isn't clear, I don't think you're really getting true inspiration. I don't think it's internalized. I don't think it's linear enough to truly sustain fo…”
Aug 3, 2023
Drumright: Slower shipping and excessive clarifying questions signal organizational misalignment
“The outputs generally look like you're shipping slower than you were. Another output would be a lot of people are asking Asking a lot of clarifying questions, right? I think another example is one function's moving really fast on a product launch and another f…”
Aug 3, 2023 positive
Drumright: Asking for percentile rankings forces honesty during reference checks
“Where would you rank this person in the top percent of people you've worked with? Top one percent, top five percent, top 10%, top 15, top 20. But I generally find it's a forcing function for honesty because it's a binary question. Right, and it's harder to ski…”
Aug 3, 2023
Drumright: Employee demotivation at startups stems from a lack of context
“If someone's joined a company, they're already bought in. They already want to win. That's like why we all come to work every day. That's why we choose to work at a startup. We want to be creating new value in the world. My assumption is that the motivation is…”