Shift focus from building products to building the people who build the products.
I've found that as your leadership/management scope increases, there just isn't enough of yourself to tackle all the big/complex technical problems. You can't scale as a person. At first you try to throw technology at the problem, and then process. Finally you realize that the basic building block you need to work with is the person. Get that right and everything else will fall into place. Only problem: coming from an engineering background, this doesn't come naturally to me. So I plan to devote the coming year to master that aspect.
I've found that as your leadership/management scope increases, there just isn't enough of yourself to tackle all the big/complex technical problems. You can't scale as a person. At first you try to throw technology at the problem, and then process. Finally you realize that the basic building block you need to work with is the person. Get that right and everything else will fall into place. Only problem: coming from an engineering background, this doesn't come naturally to me. So I plan to devote the coming year to master that aspect.