Management methods and style Andrew Grove

pat gelsinger, ceo of vmware

as director of operations, manufacturing became grove s primary focus , management style relied heavily on management concepts. company expanded , appointed chairman, became more involved in strategic decision-making, including establishing markets new products, coordinating manufacturing processes , developing new partnerships smaller companies.

grove helped create intel architecture laboratory (ial) in oregon ensure software developed in time take advantage of new microprocessors. grove stated making decisions information technology world want 5 years future ... created culture within intel allowed innovation flourish. ceo, wanted managers encourage experimentation , prepare changes, making case value of paranoia in business. became known guiding motto: paranoid survive, , wrote management book same title.

according grove, business success contains seeds of own destruction, explaining success breeds complacency. complacency breeds failure. paranoid survive. result, urges senior executives allow people test new techniques, new products, new sales channels, , new customers, ready unexpected shifts in business or technology. grove biographer jeremy byman observes grove 1 person @ intel refused let company rest on laurels. grove explains reasoning:

a corporation living organism; has continue shed skin. methods have change. focus has change. values have change. sum total of changes transformation.

intel senior vice president ron whittier notes grove preferred keep open channels of communication between employees, , encouraged people speak minds: people here aren t afraid speak , debate andy. termed style constructive confrontation. according grove s successor @ intel, craig barrett, s give , take, , in company can yell @ him. s not above it. grove insisted people demanding on 1 another, fostered atmosphere of ruthless intelligence. philosophy, writes business author ken goldstein, bought or got walking papers.

grove s office 8 9 ft (2.4 2.7 m) cubicle other employees, disliked separate mahogany-paneled corner offices. states, ve been living in cubicles since 1978 — , hasn t hurt whole lot. preferring egalitarian atmosphere, made work area accessible walked by. there no reserved parking spaces, , grove parked wherever there space. atmosphere @ work partly reflection of personal life. have known him, such venture capitalist arthur rock, have stated has no airs. grove has lived modestly without expensive cars or airplane.

grove noted making sure important details never missed, 1 of favorite sayings being, devil in details. intel vice president dennis carter states andy disciplined, precise, , detail oriented ... @ same time, has element of intuition , creativity fundamental intel s innovation. according industry week magazine, grove feared brilliance sparked creation of intel during years, might come nothing if didn t pay attention details. carter recalls grove correct spelling errors:

when came country hungary in 1956, didn t speak english. yet learned spelling him. not have instincts of teacher, has great deal of patience.