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![How to Give Better Feedback](/content/images/size/w600/2023/10/Clean-Feedback.png)
How to Give Better Feedback
A simple tool for assembling two sentences that will change how you give feedback forever.
![The Power of Purpose & How to Find Yours](/content/images/size/w600/2023/10/FindingYourPurpose.png)
The Power of Purpose & How to Find Yours
Few things have been more clarifying in my life than identifying a personal purpose. Here's how I found and articulated mine...
![The Simple Power of Clear Agreements](/content/images/size/w600/2023/09/Clear-Agreements.png)
The Simple Power of Clear Agreements
In the absence of clear agreements, humans make assumptions. Use this tool to avoid fire drills with your team.
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Methods for Motivation
A look at the usual shitty way of motivating people, and three better approaches.
![The Importance of Knowing What Drives You](/content/images/size/w600/2023/08/WhatDrivesYou-1.png)
The Importance of Knowing What Drives You
See how beliefs from long ago can follow us, limit us, and what to consider instead.
![Improve Your Skill in Building Trust](/content/images/size/w600/2023/08/How-To-Build-Trust-Fast.png)
Improve Your Skill in Building Trust
At summer camps, in just one week's time, massive amounts of trust are built. Here's how they do it...
![A Case Study on Moving Forward When You're Stuck](/content/images/size/w600/2023/07/How-To-Get-Unstuck.png)
A Case Study on Moving Forward When You're Stuck
A step-by-step process for moving forward when you're not sure what is holding you back.
![The #1 Reason that Your 1:1s Are Poor (+ How to Fix Them)](/content/images/size/w600/2023/02/One-on-one-meetings.png)
The #1 Reason that Your 1:1s Are Poor (+ How to Fix Them)
How to turn your one-on-one meetings into a high leverage use of your time including 5 actionable tips for improving your 1:1s, a sample meeting template, and additional resources.
![The Practice of Leadership](/content/images/size/w600/2023/03/ToddEmaus.com-Newsletter-Image--1-.png)
The Practice of Leadership
How to apply lessons from research on deliberate practice to your development as a leader.
![How to Use Your Company’s Values](/content/images/size/w600/2023/03/How-To-Use-Your-Company-Values.png)
How to Use Your Company’s Values
What to do after you've defined your company's values for the first time.
![Systemizing Leadership](/content/images/size/w600/2023/04/i-we-it.png)
Systemizing Leadership
The mental model that I use with clients to both simplify and broaden their leadership focus.
![The Risk of Half-Done Culture](/content/images/size/w600/2023/03/T20-Values.png)
The Risk of Half-Done Culture
Most teams stop short in creating their company culture. Here’s what to watch out for and what to do.
![Hindsight is Twenty20 - Why I Left My Venture-Backed Startup](/content/images/size/w600/2023/04/joshua-earle-8626-unsplash.jpeg)
Hindsight is Twenty20 - Why I Left My Venture-Backed Startup
I often get asked, “Why did you leave your company?” This is my story.
5 Things I Wish I’d Known When We Raised Our Series A
What I would tell myself if I could go back a few years. But would I listen?
![Feeling](/content/images/size/w600/2023/04/person-holding-water-2422560-scaled.jpeg)
Feeling
How to explore the valuable truth tucked behind our emotions.
Founder Stress: An Expert's Guide
An article I wrote for Forbes a few years back on the stress that founders deal with.