Alan Chang is hiring a ‘performance manager’. Should other CEOs follow his lead?
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A dedicated 'performance manager' role is a bet that operating cadence and accountability are now as leverageable as capital. If your org is scaling headcount or AI-augmented workflows, you may need someone whose full-time job is designing and enforcing how work actually gets done, not just owning a function.
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