Leadership: Management
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What a $100,000 business coach actually teaches you
Noah Kagan
October 20, 2021
Management
9
Delegation
7
Productivity & habits
6
- Inaction is usually the worst decision you can make
- Balance genuine recognition with pushes for excellence — neither alone works
- Weekly CEO self-review compounds self-awareness into a real advantage
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
Leading a college through COVID, racial reckoning, and reinvention
Masters of Scale
September 23, 2021
Management
8
Case studies
6
Vision & mission
5
- Preparation before a crisis hits is what makes rapid response possible
- Black women's businesses are the most underfunded — Spelman built a center to fix that
- Slow, broad consultation produces decisions that hold when tested under pressure
Five secrets to keeping your best employees
Masters of Scale
September 21, 2021
Culture building
9
Management
7
- Lead with authentic vulnerability to build trust across your team
- Distribute decision-making power to junior employees as you scale
- Celebrate wins visibly and invest in wellness as business necessities
Eight leadership lessons from running a $100M business
Noah Kagan
August 26, 2021
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
6
- Great CEOs do no work — they hire the decision-makers
- Leading from the back beats directing from the front
- Saying no to off-focus requests is a compounding superpower
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 prioritise people and operations during high-growth scaling
Bill Gallagher
June 16, 2021
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
7
- Set company-level goals before cascading OKRs — or nothing aligns.
- Context is decisive: someone else's best practice will likely fail yours.
- Save novelty for your product; proven basics outperform reinvented operations.
Scaling up leadership: talent, culture, and remote work in practice
Bill Gallagher
June 2, 2021
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
7
- Great CEOs build great teams — teams build great companies.
- Owning your flaws openly disarms them and builds team trust faster.
- KPI-linked flexibility ties remote work privileges to measurable output.
How to build a team of mentors, with Alex Rodriguez and Reid Hoffman
Masters of Scale
April 27, 2021
Management
8
Resilience & grit
6
- You are the composite of the mentors you build around you.
- A-Rod's 10-touch rule: reach out ten times before asking for anything.
- Four deep mentor relationships beat eight shallow ones every time.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian on leading an airline through pandemic recovery
Masters of Scale
April 8, 2021
Management
9
Long-term planning
7
Retention & loyalty
6
- Blocking middle seats cost nothing — customers paid a premium anyway
- No furloughs, no pay cuts, yet ranked 7th best US employer mid-pandemic
- Sustainable aviation fuel covers only one day of Delta's annual needs
Executing with precision: lessons from the White House and corporate HR
Bill Gallagher
April 7, 2021
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Culture building
6
- Micromanagement collapses under complexity — only empowered teams execute reliably.
- Checklists are living documents: update them after every event, no exceptions.
- Values are behaviours over time — define them in actions, not words on a wall.
Why most entrepreneur forums fail — and how to engineer a better one
Bill Gallagher
March 24, 2021
Management
9
Community building
7
Resilience & grit
5
- Surrounding yourself with like-minded people is the biggest forum mistake.
- Six deliberately curated expertise types replace luck with balance.
- Bring questions back to your team, not answers from the room.
Hiring & recruitment
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How to decide when to remove a wrong hire
Bill Gallagher
March 23, 2021
Hiring & recruitment
9
Management
6
- Keeping the wrong person costs more than an empty seat
- Values fit outweighs performance when deciding who must go
- The Talent Assessment Grid shows who to replace, develop, or retain
Nike CEO John Donahoe on wartime leadership during the pandemic
Masters of Scale
February 25, 2021
Management
9
Pivoting
8
Processes & SOPs
6
- Wartime leadership demands top-down clarity, not decentralised experimentation.
- Nike hit its 2023 digital target two years early — then accelerated further.
- Guaranteed staff pay and purpose-led decisions drove Nike's crisis resilience.