Summary of frank slootman's amp it up

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Leadership changes can have a huge impact on a company's performance. Without focused leadership, millions of conflicting priorities compete with each other, and the best people in the organization get frustrated and leave. #2 The five steps to Amp It Up are raise your standards, align your people, sharpen your focus, pick up the pace, and transform your strategy. You can try these ideas on for size and see if they fit. #3 Raise the bar for everything you do. Don't let malaise set in. Bust it up and raise the standards. It takes less mental energy to raise standards than it does to lower them. #4 Alignment is important in a company as it grows, as each employee should be pulling in the same direction. MBO, or management by objectives, is a bad way to manage employees as it makes them act as if they are running their own show, and they are compensated based on their personal metrics, making it difficult to pull them off projects.