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Lloyd Blankfein

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1832 total appearances

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The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

Yep.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

And, you know, the important thing is to get people – people will learn that through experience.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

But one of the things you could do as a leader, mentor, advisor to people is get people –

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

to appreciate that without having them go through the experience of it.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

So you tell them that.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

One of the things I used to do with people, I said, how many of you go home

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

to your spouse, to your wife, or your boyfriend, or your girlfriend, and talk about your boss.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

And everybody twitters and says, I do, everybody does.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

Well, guess what?

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

And they would do this to the people who just got newly promoted.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

Guess what?

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

The people who report to you are going home to their spouse, and every night they're talking about you.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

Totally.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

Do you realize that?

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

Totally.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

They don't realize that.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

You have to think of who you become, and you have to have that sense of yourself before you can have an impact on others.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

You have to realize that.

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

And so at the end of them, then I would say, what do you want them saying about you?

The a16z Show
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership

You're not there to be.