Leadership: Communication
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Three decisions that make every presentation land
Dr. Grace Lee
April 13, 2022
Public speaking
9
Communication
5
- Why knowing your purpose filters out everything that doesn't belong
- Deciding on effect means you never truly lose your place
- Information alone never creates transformation — that's the presenter's real job
How to ask good questions and avoid interrogating people
Dr. Grace Lee
March 26, 2022
Communication
8
Relationships & family
5
- Asking questions — not answering them — is the real mark of intelligence.
- Match your question style to the goal: open for cooperation, closed for competition.
- Cadence, continuity, and casualness stop you from feeling like an interrogator.
How to get people to listen to your ideas: the ABC framework
Dr. Grace Lee
February 23, 2022
- Attention is earned by leading with listener benefits, not your idea
- Active listening reveals the values that make your pitch land
- No idea yet? Build on someone else's to enter the conversation
Asking questions, not talking more, controls any conversation
Dr. Grace Lee
February 9, 2022
Communication
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Prospecting & outreach
5
- Loudness and loquacity are insecurity performances, not real control.
- The questioner directs any conversation more than the loudest speaker.
- Self-knowledge is the prerequisite — without it, the strategy won't hold.
Pandemic leadership lessons from Sir Jeremy Farrar of Wellcome Trust
Masters of Scale
January 20, 2022
Communication
8
Long-term planning
7
Mental health & wellbeing
6
- Plan five or six scenarios — stop being perpetually reactive
- Third-generation pan-coronavirus vaccines are the real goal
- Mental health is now among the world's biggest unmet medical needs
Five rules for communicating effectively with executives
Dr. Grace Lee
January 8, 2022
Communication
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Long-term planning
5
- Executives think in decades — match their time horizon to earn trust.
- Listing completed tasks signals the wrong mindset; drop the implementer frame.
- Rainmaking conversations focus on profit and vision, not problems or credentials.
Leadership assessment interviews: getting honest feedback from your team
Bill Gallagher
January 3, 2022
Management
8
Communication
6
- Polite feedback is useless — you must explicitly ask for the truth
- Start with strengths, take them in fully, then probe weaknesses
- Ask what others think of you, not just the person in front of you
How to build a board that navigates your company to scale
Masters of Scale
November 16, 2021
Management
8
Communication
7
Long-term planning
5
- The wrong board member breaks companies faster than the right one saves them.
- Walkabout board meetings replace decks with honest, peer-witnessed desk conversations.
- Board diversity is a strategic radar advantage, not a compliance checkbox.
How to get honest leadership feedback from your team
Bill Gallagher
October 19, 2021
Management
9
Communication
7
- Ask what your team thinks everyone thinks about you — not just them
- 360 reviews create noise; structured interviews surface real perception
- Valid feedback doesn't have to be acted on — owning that choice matters
How the US Olympic Committee navigates crisis, culture, and institutional change
Masters of Scale
October 14, 2021
Communication
9
Culture building
8
Management
6
- Why CEOs must lead through decisions that won't keep everyone happy
- Sport's power dynamics make sexual misconduct uniquely dangerous — and fixable
- The 2028 LA Games is the USOPC's ESG moment to set global standards
Naming the small unspoken tensions that silently disconnect teams
Bill Gallagher
September 29, 2021
Communication
9
Delegation
5
- Small unspoken moments erode trust faster than obvious conflicts
- Naming your distraction or hesitation out loud builds instant credibility
- Reflecting someone's anger before your own view breaks deadlocks
Finding your business purpose with a simple pair-walk exercise
Bill Gallagher
September 28, 2021
Communication
8
Vision & mission
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Most founders already have a purpose — they just haven't found it yet.
- A 40-minute pair-walk exercise reliably surfaces a team's shared 'why'.
- One HR firm landed on 'we keep the world working' — printed it on t-shirts.
How to motivate people to accomplish extraordinary things
Bill Gallagher
August 17, 2021
Management
8
Communication
5
- Refusing to let someone quit can be the kindest thing you do
- Pushing for your needs is manipulation; pushing for theirs is coaching
- Know why people care — then you can ask the unreasonable
How to meet influential people before they become famous
Noah Kagan
May 10, 2021
- Meet future influencers early — before they're too busy to respond
- Help someone for a year before asking for anything in return
- Persistent follow-up turns closed doors into invitations
Eight Pillars of Trust: The Root Cause Behind Every Leadership Problem
Bill Gallagher
February 17, 2021
Management
10
Communication
7
Conflict resolution
5
- Every org problem — sales, engagement, innovation — is a trust deficit in disguise.
- Eight validated pillars (clarity to consistency) diagnose and fix trust systematically.
- Apologies never rebuild trust; only new commitments kept over time do.