Molly's April Tidbits
Hi! I’m Molly. I write about what it actually takes to lead inside growing, changing companies: the frameworks that help, the honest truth about what it feels like, and the messy work of shaping a career that actually fits.
Lessons is where those ideas live — both the writing and the conversations around it. (If you want to learn more about how Lessons and the community work, you can read more here.)
I’m trying a new format to share, once a month, some things I’m reading and listening to, people I admire and you should know about, and things that have made me stop and think this month. Feel free to send me feedback :)
Everything we do in life is motivated by love or fear.
- Bronnie Ware, Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
Content from me in April
Podcast: Run the Numbers with CJ Gustafson. I enjoyed chatting with CJ about a really wide variety of topics but we talked a bit about something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately: Work Grief. I’m going to end up writing an article about it but it’s come up a lot lately as something that is a part of people’s experiences building companies and not something we talk about very much. The things you mourn as the company evolves and grows around you: reorgs, layering someone, being layers, being promoted above your peers, giving away your legos, etc. It was fun to dig in to some complex topics with CJ.
Podcast: Redefining Work with Lars Schmidt. I always love chatting with Lars, who is a friend, so it was fun to do it “on the record.” We talked about what it takes to build and scale a company well, why the learners will always win over the knowers, and what I wish every founder knew about not growing ahead of their business.
Article: Startup Org Design: Design Power Centers Intentionally. Org design is a mystery to a lot of people and it’s a place where I see mistakes waste a lot of money and time for startups. If you can do me a favor and share this with every founder you know, I’d appreciate it. I just want it to save folks some pain and misery of repeating mistakes I’ve made or seen others make.
