It is possible to be a manager who makes difficult decisions while also being respected and liked by colleagues.
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AOL's CEO shares his 3 secrets to being a boss who's both effective and well-liked
Tim Armstrong shares the advice he got when he was younger and now shares with his own children.
"What you see is what you get," says AOL's Tim Armstrong, pictured.
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has successfully toed that line as he has led companies like AOL and Google.
He said the advice he got when he was younger, and now shares with his own children, focuses on three points:
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Armstrong shared his advice for building a career and told his own success story during an interview with Business Insider for our podcast, “Success! How I Did It.”
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Armstrong also explained his best advice about mentorship, and why the most productive meeting of his week is the one in which he's told everything he's doing wrong. Here's Armstrong:
"I have a bunch of advice I always give to younger people, but one of them is to build your personal entourage or board of directors.
"I have five or eight people outside the company I rely on. I have one person, David Bell, who used to be the CEO of IPG. He's in our office almost every day. I meet with him every Friday. And every Friday he starts by telling me everything I'm doing wrong. For me, it's the most helpful meeting of the week because it always resets me back to, 'OK, what am I supposed to be doing as a leader? What's my job? What are those things?' If you're yourself, and you're authentic, and you're honest and direct."
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