About this episode
Brad Jacobs discusses how engineered pressure can enhance performance in business.
Brad Jacobs, who built eight billion-dollar companies, believes that engineered pressure enhances performance. He embraces the tension of being a public company, using quarterly earnings as a public report card to keep his management team Sharp. The key is to be comfortable with being uncomfortable into voluntarily stretch, oneself to draw out the best performance.
People in this episode
Host: Chad Smith
Guest: Brad Jacobs
Topics covered
- business performance
- public companies
- management
- pressure
- quarterly earnings
Keywords
- billion-dollar companies
- performance
- management team
- public report card
- comfortable with discomfort
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