The success of the CEO is in his team

We continue the “Frankly speaking” section. Its heroes are employees of the Mosmetrostroy JSC group of companies, who share their rules of life with readers and speak honestly about themselves. This time we talked with the General Director of TO-6, Alexander Chudnetsov. He told us why he ran to the mine as a child, why he leaves books in hotels, and what should be a priority for any leader.

• I am a temperamental person, I have emotional outbursts every day. But I try not to show them.
• I’m 54 years old now, but I feel like I’m around 35.
• A leader should not be feared, but respected.
• Being a CEO is difficult. Responsibility for everything that happens in the company is on his shoulders.
• Family and work make me happy. When everything is in order with your family, then everything goes well at work.
• One in the field is not a warrior. The CEO also needs a team. If he can assemble a new team or retain the old one, that’s 70 percent of his success.
• I'm afraid of uncertainty. If the task is not clearly defined, you will not solve it.
• I would like to be a strict father, but I am not like that.
• I was raised by good people. Dad held high positions in the mines, mother worked in the Ministry of Coal Industry. A simple family of Soviet engineers.
• I wasn't a bully at school, more like a restless boy.
• Family should be a priority. Now, after the birth of my granddaughter, I understand that I did not spend much time with my son.
• I went to music school and learned to play the violin. After four years I left – I didn’t have enough perseverance, and other hobbies appeared.
• Success is when everything turns out beautifully and on time.
• If they made a film about me, I would play in it myself. We have such a movie happening here every day!
• I don’t remember what I wanted to become as a child. I thought about different things. But like many of my peers, I went to work in a coal mine.
• When I first meet a person, I pay attention to how he greets. It is important for me that he does this respectfully: without servility and familiarity. The meeting must be within the framework of business etiquette.
• I appreciate honesty. If a person is insincere, what should you talk to him about?
• My desk is covered with a special green cloth for playing billiards. This is not my idea, the furniture was inherited.
• As a child, I used to run to the mine with the boys. There you could sharpen your skates, drink sweet soda, and buy a pie.
• There are no preferences in food. I'm an omnivore. I choose everything that is tasty. I love coffee.
• Before my vacation I go to the bookstore. It’s more pleasant to read on paper than on a tablet, although gadgets often help out. If the book is good, I take it with me. Otherwise, I leave it at the hotel so that there is no excess luggage on the plane.
• Are Dostoevsky still taught in schools? I'm 90 percent sure that students don't understand what his books are about. You have to live your life to read Crime and Punishment.
• To my shame, I thought that Aksenov was writing about the war. Out of curiosity, I bought his latest book. I read it in one sitting. And then all his other books.
• If I had to choose between the village and the Maldives, I would rather go to the islands. The village remains something exotic for me. But I was neither there nor there. At the same time, I love the village, it has its own charms.
• I'll take a time machine to the future. I’ve already been there in the past and there’s nothing to do there.