A Quote by Aliko Dangote
I always make sure I hire people smarter than me.
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Don't ever be afraid to hire people that are smarter than you. Just because they are smarter than you doesn't mean they have to make more money.
Always be smarter than the people who hire you.
If you hire people who are smarter than you, maybe you are showing that you are a little bit smarter than them.
There are very few black-and-white truths in management or in business, but one that I have found is that people either hire people who are smarter than them, or people hire people they can control.
My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.
When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.
We hire people who are smarter than us.
I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.
The secret to my success is I know what I don't know and I hire people smarter than me.
Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.
If you don't hire at least one or two people that are smarter than you are, then you're a terrible manager and I don't need you.
If there's any secret to my success, it's that I just hire people who are smarter and more talented than I am.
We can't stop the development of smarter and smarter artificial intelligences. So our alternative is to make ourselves smarter so that we always stay one step ahead.
Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.
Hire people who are smarter than you, and don't be afraid to work with them as partners. Make it clear that you plan to learn from them, not just the other way around. The right, smart, motivated people respond very well to that approach, particularly coming from a younger manager like I am.
Early on I realized that I had to hire people smarter and more qualified than I was in a number of different fields, and I had to let go of a lot of decision-making. I can't tell you how hard that is. But if you've imprinted your values on the people around you, you can dare to trust them to make the right moves.
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