Leadership: Management
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Vulnerability as a leadership tool: how honesty drives teams
Bill Gallagher
January 3, 2023
Communication
9
Management
6
- Admitting you have no plan can inspire more loyalty than false confidence.
- Vulnerability without a commitment to fight just looks like collapse.
- Sharing a real crisis with your team unlocks collective problem-solving.
Danny Meyer on laying off 2,000 people while keeping culture intact
Masters of Scale
December 22, 2022
Management
9
Communication
7
Case studies
6
- Protecting jobs long-term sometimes means eliminating them short-term
- How a one-size-fits-all layoff policy broke down for one pregnant employee
- Restaurants employ more people than airlines — and have almost no margin buffer
How to build a vivid vision and scale a company from startup to 100 people
Cameron Herold
December 16, 2022
Management
9
Vision & mission
8
Hiring & recruitment
6
- A four-page future snapshot attracts the right people before you hire anyone.
- Untrained managers — not bad strategy — are why companies stall at 30 people.
- The CEO job changes completely at every stage from 1 to 100 employees.
Building trust as the foundation of happy, motivated teams
Startups For the Rest of Us
December 13, 2022
Culture building
9
Management
7
- Why tracking hours destroys the teams you most want to keep
- Sharing bad financial news builds loyalty — hiding it destroys it
- Bad performers can't hide in a results-based culture; they can in offices
How to plan 12 months in one leadership off-site day
Sunny Lenarduzzi
December 13, 2022
Management
9
Vision & mission
7
Processes & SOPs
6
- One in-person day beats months of Zoom planning calls
- Cascade a single North Star down to daily actions
- Right people, right seats: the real lever for growth
How to coach managers to give effective feedback
HR Party of One
December 8, 2022
Management
9
Delegation
6
- Most managers are promoted for performance, not coaching skill.
- Avoiding feedback creates compounding problems — like technical debt.
- A handbook, reading list, and role-play practice build lasting feedback habits.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to hire and leverage the right COO for your company
Cameron Herold
December 5, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
10
Management
7
Delegation
6
- The wrong COO costs 15x their salary — $3–4M per year.
- Hire someone who has done the job, not just knows how.
- Trust must be total before day one — not built on the job.
How to introduce goal-setting at your organization
HR Party of One
December 1, 2022
Management
9
Goal setting
6
- HR is uniquely positioned to lead org-wide goal-setting strategy.
- SMART goals turn vague intentions into measurable, time-bound outcomes.
- Seven-step framework cascades goals from HR through every team.
Business leadership in crisis: Twitter, Disney, FTX, and what comes next
Masters of Scale
November 30, 2022
Management
9
Long-term planning
7
AI strategy & adoption
5
- Why Musk's Twitter layoffs are the perfect model of what not to do
- FTX lacked a board — the governance failure investors should have prevented
- How to keep sustainability commitments alive when budgets collapse
How to coach product managers, improve storytelling, and build community
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
November 27, 2022
Management
9
Public speaking
7
Community building
5
- Five concrete ingredients turn any manager into a great PM coach.
- Great storytellers spend weeks crafting a narrative — not hours.
- Product communities are cheaper than training and raise retention.
Hiring & recruitment
Podcast
How Yo-Yo Ma built the Silk Road Ensemble from scratch
Masters of Scale
November 21, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
9
Management
8
Case study
6
- Mission-driven recruiting beats job descriptions — passion is the filter.
- Language barriers dissolved within days through shared musical work.
- Too much control kills innovation; live performance demands productive chaos.
How to become a top 1% product manager, with Ian McAllister
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
November 20, 2022
Management
9
Iteration & feedback loops
7
Long-term planning
6
- Why prioritization alone creates 5x more impact than raw talent
- Trust is a PM's real currency — built by calling shots and hitting them
- Working backwards means starting with the problem, not the solution
Why female leadership traits are a competitive advantage for everyone
Masters of Scale
November 10, 2022
Management
8
Business models
5
- Diverse businesses are measurably more profitable — not an ethics question.
- Empathy and vulnerability are competitive weapons, not soft skills.
- Female founders get 2% of VC dollars despite outperforming in crises.
Firing people, managing fear, and innovating inside large companies
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
November 10, 2022
Management
9
Productivity & habits
7
Business models
5
- Fear reliably gives bad advice — the right move is almost always the opposite.
- Firing humanely means one-on-ones, emotional space, and active outplacement.
- Fewer people in an org consistently produces better absolute output.
Hiring & recruitment
Podcast
How to hire, be hired, and recruit as a product leader
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
November 3, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
10
Management
5
- Big-name CPOs often aren't right for early-stage companies
- Build candidate relationships months before you actually need to hire
- Recruiters who treat candidates as commodities lose the best people