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Lenny's Podcast · December 7, 2023 · 70m

Scaling yourself as a leader | Claire Hughes Johnson

Claire Hughes Johnson (former Stripe COO, Google VP) on scaling yourself as a leader: writing a personal operating manual, giving feedback effectively, and the transition from doing the work to building the systems that do the work.

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Johnson: writing a personal operating manual (how I work, what I value, what I struggle with) is an act of transparency that reveals your true self to your team, replacing the guesswork that creates false-self dynamics.
Johnson: as you scale as a leader, your responsibility shifts from producing work to producing leaders. This shift in responsibility creates deeper meaning — growing people is more satisfying than shipping products.
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