High Output Management

by Andy Grove

High Output Management by Andy Grove, legendary CEO of Intel, treats management as a discipline with the same rigor as engineering. Grove applies manufacturing principles to knowledge work, arguing that a manager's output equals the output of their organization plus the output of neighboring organizations under their influence. The book covers production fundamentals, managerial leverage, the art of one-on-ones and meetings, and performance reviews as the manager's most important tool. These four skills translate Grove's operational frameworks into coaching sessions that help you think about your work as a production process, maximize your leverage, run meetings that matter, and deliver performance reviews that actually improve performance.