Leadership: Management
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Becoming a director at your current company: four key considerations
Dr. Grace Lee
January 13, 2024
Delegation
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Management
6
- Why your current execution work is blocking your promotion to director
- Delegation only works when you document the processes you hand off
- Intrinsic motivation lets you lead managers without micromanaging
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Hiring a COO: how to find the right second in command
Cameron Herold
January 10, 2024
Hiring & recruitment
9
Processes & SOPs
6
Management
5
- The COO role is defined entirely by what the CEO lacks
- Hiring on pedigree without culture fit ends in costly misfires
- A structured 90-day observe-then-act onboarding prevents early mistakes
What employee rust-out is and how to prevent it
HR Party of One
January 9, 2024
Management
9
Delegation
6
- Boredom and under-stimulation are as damaging as overwork
- Pre-rust-out signals are easy to miss — and fixable
- Career pathing and upskilling turn disengagement into growth
How to keep a delegating CEO engaged without disrupting what works
Cameron Herold
January 8, 2024
Management
8
Processes & SOPs
5
- Bored CEOs who've delegated well start sabotaging what works
- Fixed quarterly projects give CEOs purpose without operational interference
- Structured skip-level meetings keep CEOs engaged and informed
Engineering leadership: strategy, systems thinking, and treating engineers as adults
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
January 7, 2024
Management
9
Business operating systems
7
Processes & SOPs
5
- Coddling engineers backfired — accountability unlocks real senior roles
- Good engineering strategy is boring: constraints focus limited capacity
- Shared EM/PM performance ratings fix misaligned incentives structurally
From peer to supervisor: five principles for earning team respect
Dr. Grace Lee
January 6, 2024
Management
9
Delegation
6
Identity & self-belief
5
- Shift your identity from individual contributor to team coach immediately.
- Transparency makes you predictable — predictability builds trust with reports.
- Needing approval destroys leadership grounding; audit your own limiting beliefs.
Read the room: give your team what they need in each session
EOS Worldwide
December 23, 2023
- A 90-minute check-in isn't failure — it's good facilitation.
- Team health enabled 7/10 rocks despite a brutal personal quarter.
- Format flexibility is a skill earned, not a default setting.
Hubert Joly on loving people and leading with purpose at Best Buy
Bill Gallagher
December 21, 2023
Management
8
Founder interviews
6
- Love for people is the foundation of great leadership.
- Managing and leading are not the same thing.
- Strategy only works when it has a clear, communicable name.
Why year-end bonuses are the wrong way to reward employees
Cameron Herold
December 20, 2023
Management
9
Unit economics
5
- Bonuses reward expected performance — that's what salaries are for.
- Index every employee's base pay to inflation, every year.
- Bigger raises signal more responsibility and autonomy, not gratitude.
Stoic discipline for leaders: physical, mental, and endurance
The Daily Stoic
December 10, 2023
Management
8
Resilience & grit
8
Deep work & focus
6
- Physical hardship builds the mental muscle that handles adversity
- Queen Elizabeth never reacted publicly in seven decades — Elon Musk can't stop
- Staying on your own path requires as much discipline as anything else
Radical candor: how to care personally and challenge directly
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
December 10, 2023
Management
9
Delegation
7
Resilience & grit
5
- Withholding honest feedback to be 'nice' is the most common leadership failure.
- How to solicit feedback so people actually give it to you.
- Why the jerk-but-successful leader is a false model — and a costly one.
Visionary and integrator fit: finding the right puzzle piece match
EOS Worldwide
December 5, 2023
Management
9
Business operating systems
5
- Why the Visionary/Integrator fit is never a one-time decision
- Integrators must fill exactly the gaps the Visionary naturally leaves
- Ask your team what the Visionary can't do to find the right match
Five leadership practices every founder needs to master
EOS Worldwide
December 5, 2023
Delegation
9
Deep work & focus
7
Management
6
- Scheduled thinking time away from noise sharpens decisions.
- Bill Gates' Think Week: a blank pad, no agenda, just clarity.
- Five disciplines separate good leaders from great ones.
How a COO builds independent problem-solvers instead of answering questions
Cameron Herold
December 4, 2023
Delegation
9
Management
7
- Answering questions trains dependency — redirect them back every time
- Grow people on two ladders: skills and confidence in parallel
- Hiring more people is rarely the fix; self-direction is
Owner and employee rules: accountability applies to everyone
EOS Worldwide
December 4, 2023
Management
8
Business operating systems
6
- Ownership does not entitle you to a role in the business.
- Owners in a seat are held accountable exactly like any hire.
- Playing the owner card destroys the integrity of your whole structure.