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2024

DEC 26 The Leaflet: our ten most-read pieces of the year

DEC 19 The Leaflet: setting the overton window of complaint, the “no complaining” rule, storytelling about your signature challenge

DEC 12 The Leaflet: seeing what culture has taken root, 3 moves for delegation, write each sentence on its own line

DEC 05 The Leaflet: when you don’t know where to start, when you know there’s more to do, escaping jargon

NOV 28 The Leaflet: mercy and sobriety, your power, ask and answer “who is doing this best?”

NOV 21 The Leaflet: cosplay to get unstuck, focus as stupefaction, correlation (still) isn’t causation

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 29 The Leaflet: reveal the hidden xth value, decision rights disrupt bureaucracy, the bias against introverts

AUG 15 The Leaflet: what my best bosses had in common, what if it’s all practice, what if it’s all volunteering

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