Leadership and culture
What it takes to lead people well, to set the tone, and to build a team that does good work when nobody is checking.
Ideas on this theme, newest first
Doubt is the entry fee
Feeling like a fraud is rarely evidence that you are one. More often it is what moving into a bigger pond feels like, and a leader's job is to say so out loud.Admit it and take your medicine
The fastest way to get better at anything is a room where mistakes are named out loud, starting with the person in charge, and nobody's ego is allowed to get in the way.Back the daring mistake
Not all mistakes deserve the same response. Judge a mistake by the direction it was facing before you judge it by its cost.Successful Organisations Are Like Water
Do you want to be the boss? Or do you want to win?
More people are defeated by blisters than by mountains
A crisis doesn’t create character. It exposes it.
Your Rise to the Level of Other People’s Expectations
The team you build is the company you build
Give loyalty before it is earned
A Culture of Curiosity
Avoid competition but build a culture passionate to compete
A team of horses or a pack of mules?
Earn your scars in the front
A business needs birds and frogs
Good Process. Bad Process.
Trust is Integrity and More.
Don’t rush to the smoke in the distance
Don’t step over the trash in your path
Using people is like picking up pennies in front of a steamroller
Culture and Revolution: A summary of the talk by Andreessen Horowitz.
Lead your troops over the Alps
What the rise of the Mongol empire can teach us about conquering the business world
Leaders show up
The Success of Your Startup Can Depend on How You Deal With Mistakes
How to be a Leader in a Startup
Other themes
Building and scaling companies
Strategy, product and execution, and growing without losing what made it good.
Selling and raising
Finding customers, closing deals, pricing, and raising the money to keep going.
Communication and influence
Saying things clearly and persuading without pushing, whoever is across the table.
Decisions and judgement
Thinking clearly, spotting your own biases and choosing well with imperfect information.
Mindset and habits
Persistence, optimism and the daily routines that keep you moving forward.