A former Microsoft exec shares what Satya Nadella taught him about leadership: 'Quit whining'

"In short, he said, Nadella stressed that executives need to figure out how to succeed with the resources they have, rather than complain. "If you are an exec and don't have the resources to support your strategy, you have the wrong strategy," Snover wrote. "Quit whining and wasting time trying to get the resources to support that strategy - do your job - get a strategy that can work with the resources you have.""

""Don't come whining that you don't have the resources you need. We've done our homework. We've evaluated the portfolio, considered the opportunities, and allocated our available resources to those opportunities," Nadella said, according to Snover. "That is what you have to work with. Your job is to manufacture success with the resources you've been allocated." Snover wrote that Nadella, who became CEO in 2014, told executives they could control only two things: How they managed their teams and how they allocated resources."

Satya Nadella prioritized transforming company culture by urging leaders to allocate resources ahead of conventional wisdom and focus on prioritized opportunities. Executives are expected to manufacture success using the resources allocated to them rather than complaining or seeking additional funding. Strategies must be compatible with available resources; if resources cannot support a strategy, the strategy should change. Leaders can control how they manage teams and how they allocate resources, and must use those levers to create accountability. Allocating resources based on evaluated portfolios and opportunities establishes an architecture for success and forces disciplined execution.

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