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"The Three Qualities of People I Most Enjoy Working With" by LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner

By Jeff Weiner   |    1 min read

"The Three Qualities of People I Most Enjoy Working With" by LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner

By Jeff Weiner
 1 min read

What is the secret of enjoy working with other people?

In 2014, Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, shared the above Venn diagram in a status update. With 183k+ likes, 7k+ comments and 32k+ shares on LinkedIn so far, it became the most viral update he has shared to date. So, where did this diagram come from? Weiner explains:

"It all started in a meeting where a talented team was presenting their plan for a potentially high impact initiative. Midway through, they covered the measurable results they expected to achieve in three years. Granted, they were being somewhat conservative, but their objectives were still way off what I would have expected them to be targeting based on the addressable opportunity and the assets we were bringing to the table. Without hesitation, I challenged the team to increase their long-term goal by roughly 20x. Regardless of whether or not they could hit the target (which I think they can), the point was to get them thinking much bigger, without constraints, and to start by asking the question, 'What would it take...?'"

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