Leadership: Culture building
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Using core values to diagnose and solve team problems
Bill Gallagher
June 27, 2022
Culture building
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Management
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- Most team problems trace back to one misaligned core value.
- Attack the problem, not the person — then name the gap.
- Onboard every hire with core values stories, not just a list.
Podcasting analytics, staying sharp as a CEO, and scaling team alignment
Startups For the Rest of Us
June 7, 2022
Culture building
8
Business operating systems
7
Management
6
- Spotify silently swallows 20–40% of listens your analytics never see.
- Hire people closer to the work than you — let them bring ideas to you.
- OKRs make saying no the default, not a negotiation.
Three low-cost ways to train a small business team
Layla at ProcessDriven
May 27, 2022
Culture building
8
Processes & SOPs
7
- A central knowledge hub means never answering the same question twice
- A monthly 45-minute session beats one-off onboarding every time
- Public praise in team meetings trains behaviour without a training programme
PwC's $2.4 billion bet on employee choice as a business driver
Masters of Scale
May 19, 2022
Culture building
9
Management
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Business models
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- Giving employees radical choice over work drives client performance, not undermines it.
- Demographic data shows the talent shortage is structural, not a temporary power shift.
- Playing it safe is the real culture risk — short-term metrics mask long-term erosion.
Bill Ford: how a company lifer drives transformation from within
Masters of Scale
May 10, 2022
Culture building
9
Founder interviews
7
Vision & mission
6
- An insider can refound a company — outsiders aren't required
- Every green initiative needs a business case to silence naysayers
- Ground-level contacts give leaders the honest truth hierarchy hides
Building a team that grows itself: culture, skills, and confidence
Cameron Herold
April 15, 2022
Culture building
9
Business operating systems
7
Management
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- Praise employees 2:1 over criticism — most CEOs barely come close
- Four corners align your whole company: Vivid Vision, BHAG, purpose, values
- Growing skills and confidence in your team beats holding them accountable
Hiring & recruitment
Podcast
Five surprising ways to rethink your hiring
Masters of Scale
April 12, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
9
Culture building
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- Hire for cultural fit and long-term vision, not just immediate availability.
- Build your own talent by developing generalists into specialized roles over time.
- Remove geographic barriers to access the world's best candidates, not just local ones.
Diversity, mission, values, and how to start a startup: listener Q&A
Startups For the Rest of Us
April 12, 2022
Culture building
8
MVP & prototyping
7
Niche selection
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- Bootstrapping is closer to meritocracy than venture capital ever will be.
- Wait until 7–10 employees to formalise values — any later and culture hardens without you.
- The best startup ideas come from problems you live, not from waiting for inspiration.
How to build a company culture guide: parts 2 and 3
HR Party of One
February 3, 2022
Culture building
9
Processes & SOPs
7
- Why documenting how employees leave protects culture and productivity
- Compensation transparency belongs in the culture guide, not just HR files
- Five steps to keep a culture guide alive after launch
Leading through crisis: lessons from Planned Parenthood's Alexis McGill Johnson
Masters of Scale
January 27, 2022
Culture building
9
Management
7
Case studies
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- Stop waiting for permission — drive transformation before it's sanctioned
- Model fearlessness daily so your team can afford to be fearless
- Corporate citizenship means acting on staff realities, not poll-testing positions
How to build a culture guide: part one essentials
HR Party of One
January 27, 2022
Culture building
10
Vision & mission
6
- Why your employee handbook is failing your team
- Five essentials that give employees shared purpose and identity
- Working habits to document so new hires don't guess
Hiring & recruitment
Podcast
Always be recruiting: Paul English on building world-class teams
Masters of Scale
January 18, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
9
Culture building
6
Customer experience
5
- First 10 hires become cultural co-founders who shape the next hundred and thousand employees.
- Move fast on recruiting—make offers within seven days through process-driven, specific questioning.
- Hire for your weaknesses and stay close to customers to refine your product.
How to define core company values at the early stage
Bill Gallagher
January 17, 2022
Culture building
9
Identity & self-belief
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- Use real people you know as proxies for the culture you want.
- List who you'd never hire — then flip each trait into a value.
- Four to six short phrases is the ideal number of core values.
How the US Olympic Committee navigates crisis, culture, and institutional change
Masters of Scale
October 14, 2021
Communication
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Culture building
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Management
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- 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
How to define early-stage company values from scratch
Bill Gallagher
October 5, 2021
Culture building
8
Vision & mission
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- You don't need a team to define values — just names
- Negative examples are as useful as positive ones
- 4–6 short phrases built this way can scale to thousands