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What You Do Is Who You Are

Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz shows how hiring, rewards, decisions, and leaders' own conduct turn company values into everyday behavior, using historical and business cases.

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10 parts, about 20 minutes to read.

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Author
Ben Horowitz
Parts
10 parts
Reading time
about 20 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Culture Is What People Do1 min
  2. Toussaint Louverture: Change by Action3 min
  3. Old Strengths, Shocking Rules, New Priorities3 min
  4. The Samurai: Virtues Become Habits1 min
  5. Shaka Senghor: A Culture Can Change Its Leader2 min
  6. Genghis Khan: Inclusion with a Dark Edge1 min
  7. See Talent, Fit Culture to Strategy2 min
  8. Design the Culture You Can Actually Practice2 min
  9. When the Rules Stop Working3 min
  10. Trust, Bad News, and Loyalty2 min

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  • Puts it into practiceScaling People

    Horowitz asks leaders to investigate causes rather than blame employees. Hughes turns that into a feedback conversation: offer a tentative explanation, hear the employee's view, and agree on the problem before proposing a solution.

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