Amp It Up, Frank Slootman
Amp It Up, Frank Slootman
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Amp It Up
Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity

Author: Frank Slootman

Narrator: Daniel Henning, Frank Slootman

Unabridged: 5 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 01/19/2022


Synopsis

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman is one of the tech world's most accomplished executives in enterprise growth, having led Snowflake to the largest software IPO ever after leading Data Domain and ServiceNow to exponential growth and the public market before that. In Amp It Up, he shares his leadership approach for the first time.

Amp It Up delivers an authoritative look at what it takes to transform an organization for maximum growth and scale. Slootman shows that most leaders have significant room to improve their organization's performance without making expensive changes to their talent, structure, or fundamental business model—and they don't need to bring in an army of consultants to do it. What they do need is to align people around what matters and execute with urgency and intensity every day.

Leading for unprecedented growth means declaring war on mediocrity, breaking the status quo, and making conflicted choices daily, all with a relentless focus on the mission. Amp It Up provides the first principles to guide that change, and the tactical advice for organizing a company around them. Perfect for executives, entrepreneurs, founders, managers, and leaders of all kinds, Amp It Up is a must-have resource for anyone who seeks to unleash the growth potential of a company and scale it to heights they never thought possible.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sebastian on February 04, 2022

Great book - I totally loved the initial 75% (until Slootman revisits all his companies to cover the strategic approach - frankly, that felt a bit repetitive). Anyway, it's a short and very "to-the-point" book by the current CEO of Snowflake (and ex-CEO of ServiceNow and DomainSomething - sorry I've......more

Goodreads review by Tomasz on January 26, 2022

Good book about leading the company from the operator point of view. It is consistent - no repeated examples how "John" overcome its problems with detailed explanation on the "process". It is short, it provides an opinionated view on how companies should be run for a growth based on author experience......more

Goodreads review by Noah on August 04, 2022

What a BOSS of a book. This 3-time super successful CEO shares very tactical ways to increase the pace of the company and raise the expectations. I'm a fan!......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on August 12, 2022

Absolutely worth a read to get a contemporary view on tech executives. But god please do not mimic his management style. He has spent 30 years defining his Ricky Bobby “if you ain’t first yer last” style of management and to try and mimic all of the lessons at once will lead to a pressure cooker, lo......more

Goodreads review by Conor on October 17, 2024

Great book. Main takeaway was there are passive people who go for the ride and people who take action and drive outcomes and reap the rewards. Look at yourself honestly and think about moments you’ve had when the combination of resolve, persistence, mission focus and clarity have all combined. It’s......more