Mark Leslie, Veritas Founding CEO and Chairman, Shares His Leadership Principles

In this episode, Mark Leslie shares his principles of leadership and decision-making.
Do you know what principles billionaire founder and investor Mark Leslie has used throughout his successful career? In this conversation, Mark shares his valuable insights on topics such as the importance of delegating decisions, how to tolerate imperfection, and when to step in as a CEO. The conversation also delves into the significance of trust in leadership, the role of transparency in leadership, and the challenges faced while growing a successful company.
Mark is the founder and former CEO & Chairman of Veritas Software. During his tenure as Chairman and CEO, the company grew from $0 to $1.5B in revenue and $400M in operating profit, was valued at a staggering $16 billion by the time Mark left as Chairman, was a top ten independent software company, and achieved the distinction of becoming a Fortune 1000 company.
Host Celine Teoh is a Mochary Method CEO Coach to Unicorns.
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CHAPTERS 📖
00:00 Intro
03:40 - The higher up you get, the fewer decisions you should make
06:32 - Tolerance for imperfection
07:12 - When to step in to make decisions as CEO
10:29 - The further you are from a problem, the less you know about it
13:52 - The hierarchical system doesn't represent the informational system
14:51 - Great leadership is a function of trust
21:39 - The bank of trust - make deposits early
23:44 - Transparency and opening up leadership meetings
32:08 - 44 quarters of growth
36:35 - Don't do what your investors tell you to do
40:33 - Firing people
42:51 - If you want a friend buy a dog
44:21 - Regrets for the things never done is inconsolable
RESOURCES ✨
- Mark's Leadership Principles: "Some Things I Learned Along the Way": docs.google.com/presentation/...
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Thank you, Mark! You are the most trusted and wisest CEO I've ever met. I was very fortunate to work at VERITAS during your great leadership - thanks to your trust, humility, confidence, and wisdom, we became a very successful company. I think of you as a Thomas Jefferson of IT and a great leader of people. You've improved thousands of lives (employees and customers) - Thank you, Mark!