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Stop Trying to Make Everyone Successful
Your job as a leader isn't to make everyone successful. It's to create the conditions that give people the highest possible chance of success.
 • Molly Graham
Make It Memorable
On the power of making things people can actually hold in their head
 • Molly Graham
Meet Bob the Monster
Meet the tiny monster that travels with you through your work life, tries to get you to be your worst self, and how to stop letting him run the show.
 • Molly Graham
Fight the fight 3 times
How long should you keep pushing on a decision you disagree with? A simple rule I’ve used for years: fight it three times. Then move on.
 • Molly Graham
Layering and Being Layered
How to Hire Above Someone — and How to Handle Being Hired Over
 • Molly Graham
Why Startup Leadership Feels So Lonely
Startup leadership is lonelier than anyone admits. Here’s why it feels that way, and the three supports every leader needs to make it feel lighter.
 • Molly Graham
Lessons for new leaders
Every new leader wrestles with the same tension: move fast or listen first? Here’s how to get the timing right so people actually follow you.
 • Molly Graham
"Disagree and Let’s See"
An alternative to "Disagree and Commit." A practical way to handle decisions you disagree with by treating them as experiments, not battles to be won.
 • Molly Graham
Letter Bombs
We’ve all been tempted to promise a title or guarantee someone they’ll always be the most senior person -- just to close the candidate. But those…
 • Molly Graham
Happy Friction
Happy friction is like a speed bump. It’s something you add on purpose to make people pause. Ideally, not because you’re afraid to delegate, but because…
 • Molly Graham
Work Grief
Work Grief is something we don’t talk about enough. And it is everywhere.
 • Molly Graham
Deciding when it's time to fire someone
One of the hardest things to do as a manager is decide to fire someone. Particularly if you're a new manager, you tend to spend a lot of time blaming…
 • Molly Graham
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