Lenny's PodcastSequoia CEO coach reveals his secret algorithm for spotting great leaders
“In school, I meet all these CEOs coming in, and I have a little, like, algorithm in my head.”
Or do you think it's all learnable, anybody can be successful if they really work hard? In school, I meet all these CEOs coming in,
and I have a little, like, algorithm in my head. And I look for four things. I call it my locked algorithm. L is for lovable. And, you know, Steve Jobs, you would say is kinda rough and maybe not lovable, but he would inspire followership. You would wanna follow him. And so could I envision a 28 year old me graduating from business school going to work for this person? Would I crawl across broken glass? That's question one.
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Brian Halligan shares his "LOCK" algorithm for evaluating CEO potential, starting with the first criterion: being "lovable" or inspiring enough that talented people would crawl across broken glass to work for you. He uses Steve Jobs as an example of someone who wasn't traditionally lovable but could inspire fierce followership.
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This clip reveals a specific, actionable framework used by a top-tier VC coach to evaluate CEO potential, making it valuable for both aspiring leaders and investors.
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