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Three thoughts each Thursday helping you (and your team) grow. Readable in less than 5 minutes and curated to be worth the click.
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2024
NOV 14 The Leaflet: who will you be working for, free coaching from claude, emotional support calendar
NOV 07 The Leaflet: building relationships by doing, ambition masking cynicism, two radical questions
OCT 31 The Leaflet: tell them the work speaks for itself, history v hypocrisy, shorthand for feedback
OCT 10 The Leaflet: name anti-values, avert data debt, rote work as prompt for imagination
OCT 03 The Leaflet: quotation as eloquence, revealed values, asking for the edges
SEP 26 The Leaflet: nearby utopias, q’s for interviews, against farewell tours
SEP 19 The Leaflet: the anti-romantic approach, act like a teacher, re-hiring halfway
SEP 12 The Leaflet: replace 1:1s with monthly observation, how to do that, minimizing defensiveness
SEP 05 The Leaflet: meetings as tutoring: bias to action, try it now, for resistant coaches
AUG 01 The Leaflet: a bet you shouldn’t hedge, useful friction with legal, look for “the lean”
JULY 25 The Leaflet: breathless history, slack is not bloat, simple stories
JULY 18 The Leaflet: pragmatist book clubs, beware idealists, murakami on vocations
JULY 11 The Leaflet: delegate for trust, a good question, don’t be a genius
JULY 04 The Leaflet: wingspan as onboarding, out of the quagmire, reframing gratitude
JUNE 13 The Leaflet: “even over” strategy, belonging cues, a great sentence stem
JUNE 06 The Leaflet: reputation as butterfly, 3 founder strategies, growing top performers
MAY 16 The Leaflet: good hands, three things you can do, in praise of awkwardness
MAY 09 The Leaflet: fix flakinesss with frequency, keeping top performers, a cheat sheat for excellence
MAY 02 The Leaflet: colonoscopies and morale, growth cycle hacks, beliefs and allergies
APR 25 The Leaflet: reveal and remark sunscreen, recognition frequency trackers, brass tacks for good vibes
APR 18 The Leaflet: most important task, pizza culture, commenting on docs
MAR 14 The Leaflet: communication as maintenance, the case against, magic wand before local context
MAR 07 The Leaflet: parents > punks, pace and vibes, exec and ops thinking
FEB 29 The Leaplet: clarity: subtext to text, even now and even over, license for risk
FEB 22 The Leaflet: naming names and anonymity, principles and preferences, the next way to be great
FEB 08 The Leaflet: extrinsic and intrinsic rewards, crossroads, rampant shout-outs
FEB 01 The Leaflet: values as equity tools, clarity > authenticity, polygon rejections
JAN 25 The Leaflet: speechgiving mindset, apologies reconsidered, what this isn’t
JAN 18 The Leaflet: write and share, vibe check as feedback, jokes that fail
JAN 11 The Leaflet: finding shadow sides, ride alongs, against ellipses
JAN 04 The Leaflet: reps for rizz, when to overdo it, meeting holy trinity
2023
DEC 28 The Leaflet: will it change your life, tochas constraints, values before data
DEC 21 The Leaflet: decision hygiene with dcyde, hire a Chief Clarity Officer, splitting conversations
DEC 14 The Leaflet: corny virtual transitions, how to do day 1, defy the data
DEC 07 The Leaflet: co-created instead of covert change, finding meeting purpose, powerful moments
NOV 30 The Leaflet: backpocket constitutions, numbers vs adverbs, 1:1s as tutoring
NOV 23 The Leaflet: what all-star teachers do after holidays (1 and 2), the power of refrains
NOV 16 The Leaflet: reveal and remark - why and how, “reading to do” as parent and coach
NOV 09 The Leaflet: inspiration without eloquence, don’t take feedback so seriously, parts 1 and 2
NOV 02 The Leaflet: curbing ceo-coo catfights! 1 and 2, the inclusive power of exclusive cultures
OCT 26 The Leaflet: zoe’s story, emotional narration, write the dangerous memo
OCT 19 The Leaflet: a clapback on “toxic positivity”, consumers v creators, spa v sparta
OCT 12 The Leaflet: call your shot, re-hire your people, a coach’s four favorite words
OCT 05 The Leaflet: I-shaped teammates, the busted math of trust, in praise of history nerds
SEP 28 The Leaflet: 3 myths about growth, the sh*tty-shabby-shiny continuum, butterfly culture
SEP 21 The Leaflet: strategy as sexy distraction, your ontology, optimize upstream
SEP 14 The Leaflet: connecting granular and grand, cheap mistakes, and the gift of rock bottom
SEP 07 The Leaflet: motorcycles, scarcity, and subject lines