Trey Taylor > Quotes

“decisions involving the culture of the company, who works for the company, and what goals the company pursues. All other decisions should be delegated to those People who are closest to the problem being solved. A CEO should invest time in them only when an impasse has arisen.”
― Trey Taylor, A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite

“The original use of the word Culture comes to us from Latin, where the verb “colere” means “to tend and care for, to cultivate, to encourage by preparation of outside conditions.” So, in its original form, Culture was the result of what you cared about.”
― Trey Taylor, A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite

“If you do not personally own the responsibility of curating your Culture, someone else will.”
― Trey Taylor, A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite

“Culture trumps everything. It trumps personality; it trumps biology; it trumps our previous education and training. Culture trumps everything because Culture drives behavior. It is unspoken, automatic, and almost invisible. Culture helps us determine what we should or should not do in a given situation. This is what makes Culture crucial to business: the CEO cannot be physically available to influence every choice that every employee has to make each day. But Culture can. Culture is the water in which we swim, and just like fish, we usually don’t know that it is there. The CEO’s role is to care for the Culture. To nurture it so that it is fresh and healthy. Otherwise, dangerous parasites will invade the pond.”
― Trey Taylor, A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” —Peter Drucker”
― Trey Taylor, A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite

“Whenever you make a decision, write down what you expect will happen. Nine or twelve months later, compare the results with what you expected…it’s the only way to discover your strengths.”
― Trey Taylor, A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite

“Culture is the water in which we swim, and just like fish, we usually don’t know that it is there.”
― Trey Taylor, A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite

“Whenever you make a decision, write down what you expect will happen. Nine or twelve months later, compare the results with what you expected…it’s the only way to discover your strengths.” Drucker calls this process “feedback analysis.”
― Trey Taylor, A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite