Tools & Exercises
Practical exercises, frameworks, and tools to practice leadership principles and scale your organization.
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Assigning new roles or responsibilitiesBuilding context-not-control cultureBuilding psychological safetyBuilding scalable hiring systemsCreating bar-raising interview practicesEstablishing performance management systemsEstablishing team normsExperiencing talent density erosionIdentifying why an FAQ mechanism isn't workingNeed to detect and correct common FAQ mistakesNeed to expose uncomfortable truths and risksNeed to identify what could kill an idea before executionNeed to raise and protect talent barNew exec team formingOptimizing team performancePlanning product launches or major initiativesReviewing PR/FAQ documentsScaling engineering teamsTeam experiencing conflictTeam members feeling misaligned with their workWant to eliminate wishful thinking and biasWant to ensure FAQs bring truth to the surfaceWriting PR/FAQ documents for new products or featuresWriting Working Backwards documents
Conflict Norms Scorecard
Use when:
- •New exec team forming
- •Team experiencing conflict
- •Building psychological safety
Failure Modes of the FAQs
Use when:
- •Reviewing PR/FAQ documents
- •Writing Working Backwards documents
- •Identifying why an FAQ mechanism isn't working
Genius to Role Map
Use when:
- •Assigning new roles or responsibilities
- •Team members feeling misaligned with their work
- •Building context-not-control culture
Hiring & Talent-Density Mechanisms
Use when:
- •Building scalable hiring systems
- •Need to raise and protect talent bar
- •Experiencing talent density erosion
The Rude FAQ
Use when:
- •Writing PR/FAQ documents for new products or features
- •Planning product launches or major initiatives
- •Need to expose uncomfortable truths and risks