Metrics
Most organizations use metrics not to measure progress, but to hide from accountability. They optimize proxies to create the illusion of momentum and velocity, while the actual foundation rots.
High Output Management
High Output Management is a book by Andrew S. Grove, the longtime CEO of Intel, first published in 1983. It treats management as a production process, where a manager's output is the output of the organization they run and influence. It covers leverage, indicators paired with counter-indicators to guard against overreacting to a single number, one-on-ones, meetings, decision-making, and task-relevant maturity.