Leadership: Management
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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.
How Feeding America scaled crisis response during COVID-19
Masters of Scale
February 11, 2021
Management
8
Processes & SOPs
7
Case studies
6
- Demand, volunteers, and food supply all collapsed simultaneously.
- A $100M Bezos gift was received and fully dispersed within days.
- Dignity in choice: recipients must pick their own food, not just accept boxes.
One-page job scorecards make one-on-ones faster and clearer
Bill Gallagher
February 9, 2021
Management
8
Processes & SOPs
5
- One-page scorecards eliminate confusion and conflict in one-on-ones
- One events company cut one-on-one time to 15 minutes fortnightly
- Only two inputs needed: the scorecard and quarterly initiatives
Unlocking team performance by understanding what people want
Bill Gallagher
February 2, 2021
Management
8
Culture building
5
- Not knowing your team's personal goals is the core engagement problem
- Connecting daily work to personal ambitions drives performance without new hires
- A one-page personal plan, reviewed monthly, keeps alignment current
Building and sustaining intentional company culture in a remote world
Bill Gallagher
January 27, 2021
Culture building
10
Management
6
- Values only work when paired with defined expected behaviors and enforcement.
- Remote work broke osmosis-based culture; nine best practices from remote-native companies fill the gap.
- Deliberate social connection, well-being rituals, and repetition replace what offices provided passively.
Using a quarterly theme to focus a team on one priority
Bill Gallagher
January 26, 2021
Management
7
Long-term planning
5
- Too many priorities scatter teams — pick just one number one thing
- A rallying cry keeps the top priority visible across the whole company
- Apollo 13's 'failure is not an option' shows one crisis, one focus, one phrase
Eight reliable lessons for unreliable times
Masters of Scale
January 7, 2021
Management
9
Pivoting
7
Communication
6
- Move faster than you think possible—speed trumps perfection in crisis.
- Create your own trajectory instead of reacting to chaos.
- Repeat your message until you tire of it; your team is still absorbing.
Best of Scaling Up 2020: Leadership, Sales, Culture, and Resilience
Bill Gallagher
January 6, 2021
Management
9
Prospecting & outreach
7
Resilience & grit
6
- BANT sales script cut: 120-day cycles slashed to 54 with conversational discovery.
- Bureaucracy built for illiterate workers fails modern knowledge organisations structurally.
- Life-sentenced inmate saved a guard — proof coaching transforms the 'unreachable'.
Using employee net promoter scores to improve team engagement
Bill Gallagher
December 22, 2020
Management
8
Processes & SOPs
6
- Two questions reveal who shouldn't be on your team at all
- Monthly rolling surveys beat annual ones for fast culture feedback
- Better engagement compounds into retention, recruiting, and profit gains
How team visibility and shared priorities cure indecision
Bill Gallagher
December 16, 2020
Management
8
Processes & SOPs
6
- Fear of worse outcomes keeps leaders stuck in costly inaction
- Sharing the 'why' with your team removes space to procrastinate
- Dashboards and meeting habits shift accountability to the whole team
Being fired by your best friend was the right call for everyone
Cameron Herold
December 16, 2020
Management
8
Case studies
7
- The leader who gets you to $100M may be wrong for $1B
- Herold knew the night before his best friend fired him
- Tough people decisions define leadership — even when it's personal
How team accountability ends leadership procrastination
Bill Gallagher
December 15, 2020
Management
8
Productivity & habits
5
- Fear of a bad outcome keeps leaders from acting on right decisions
- Surfacing decisions at team level removes the leader's room to stall
- Dashboards and meeting habits keep the whole team accountable together
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The seven types of COO and how to choose the right one
Cameron Herold
December 13, 2020
Hiring & recruitment
9
Management
6
Outsourcing & delegation
5
- Harvard identified seven distinct COO types — each serves a different need
- Giving the COO title too early strands the person with nowhere to grow
- There is no universal COO scorecard; the role depends on which type you need
Scaling Up Coach Panel: Leadership, wellbeing, and growth strategies for the new year
Bill Gallagher
December 9, 2020
Management
8
Business operating systems
7
Work-life balance
6
- Scaling yourself as a leader must come before scaling your company.
- Tony Hsieh's death reveals the hidden cost of founder isolation and addiction.
- Musk's method: question every assumption, work backwards from massive problems.
Five management principles from Maverick that scaled AppSumo to $30M
Noah Kagan
September 30, 2020
Management
9
Delegation
7
Business operating systems
5
- Let employees set their own goals — owners outperform assignees
- Removing rules unlocks innovation bureaucracy quietly kills
- Step away from your business to find where it breaks