> [!info]- meta > **Source**: [Original URL](https://behzod.com/blog/being-hired-to-care) > **Author**: [[Behzod Sirjani]] > **Full Title**: Aren't Executives Hired to Care? > **Category**: #articles > > **Summary**: The author emphasizes that advisors are hired not for specific tasks, but to genuinely care about a company's success. This role allows them to draw from their full skills and experiences, navigating challenges creatively without strict boundaries. Ultimately, effective advising requires trust and autonomy, enabling advisors to focus on what truly benefits the business. > ## 🔦 Highlights & Commentary - when you’re being brought on as an advisor, you’re not being hired to deliver anything, **you’re being hired to care about a company**. You cannot do this well if you’re constrained to a single lane or output. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jvm8pjyvrvrgh70hqc0cgtc0)) - Being fully invited into the mess is how you know that you're being hired to care. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jvm8rsxs4ec94jtzxz2aj55f)) - When you’re hired to care, effectiveness is your north star. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jvm8s92c82qx4mh0w7n7hk7a)) - when you're hired to care you have to trust yourself a bit more and ruthlessly prioritize what you believe will move the business forward, since people will rarely specify how you should contribute. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jvm8twnjrzh78x2rhxwv59fp)) - Part of why advisors are so valuable and different is because they are not beholden to any specific team or role. They are not a part of the machine — they sit outside of it and maneuver through it. They are brought in to focus their time and energy on the highest leverage things that will move the business forward, and they do so without dropping the ball in a critical area of the business. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jvm93jgv6ef774xmvg7g0z89))