Yagnesh Chandarana

“Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It’s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others’ success, and then standing back and letting them shine.”

The middle is a balance point where we ask questions, offer feedback, and stay involved with ongoing projects, but we also trust that our teams have the chops to produce awesome results.

Jobs realized that Apple customers didn’t always know what they truly needed until they actually got the product. He interrupted my story after the first two sentences and said, “I don’t agree with that.”