Content whose primary subject is how an individual manages their own psychology, focus, habits, or relationship with work. The unit of change is the *person themselves*, not their business or team.
This Deep Dive explains what a true 1:1 meeting is, why it improves both employee engagement and managerial performance, what cadence and duration work best, how to keep the meeting owned by the direct report rather than drifting into status updates, and how to structure, run, and evaluate 1:1s so they become a real management system rather than a calendar ritual.
LeadershipMindset
Advisories
The moment your startup mindset becomes a liability to your growing business
The behaviours that got your business to where it is are not the same behaviours that will take it further. Most founders know this in the abstract. What is harder — and what this Advisory addresses — is recognising when the transition is already overdue, what specifically needs to change, and why the hardest part of the whole thing is not redesigning the organisation but changing how you personally operate within it.
MindsetLeadership
Digests
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Reconnecting with nature and awe to survive the stress of leadership
Bill GallagherJune 5, 2019
Resilience & grit9
Deep work & focus5
Communication5
Joy is a moral imperative — even amid pain and loss.
Awe in nature reverses PTSD, isolation, and burnout faster than willpower.
Skiing Iraq and Afghanistan turns former war zones into human bridges.