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Dave Kline

Leadership Development

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Why Most Leaders Are Learning The Wrong Way

Apr 26, 2026

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3 min read

Why Most Leaders Are Learning The Wrong Way

More than 2,000 people bookmarked my post yesterday. Less than 1% will ever open it again. Here's a better way to upgrade how you lead.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Leadership Development

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Superhuman Leadership: Use AI To Do More of What Makes You Irreplaceable

Apr 21, 2026

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5 min read

Superhuman Leadership: Use AI To Do More of What Makes You Irreplaceable

Every leader I know uses AI for basic tasks. Almost none use it to help lead their team. Here's what that looks like when you finally do.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Leadership Development

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The Management Second Brain: How to Finally Clone Yourself

Apr 14, 2026

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6 min read

The Management Second Brain: How to Finally Clone Yourself

Lack of time. The universal problem among every leader faces. I think I finally solved it.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Coaching & Training

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Why Everyone Hates Their 1:1 Check-ins (+5 Ways to Fix Them)

Apr 6, 2026

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7 min read

Why Everyone Hates Their 1:1 Check-ins (+5 Ways to Fix Them)

The managers hate doing them. The employees hate attending them. But everyone feels obligated to have them. Here's your 4-minute fix...

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Leadership Development

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The Counterintuitive Way You Can Teach Anyone To Be High Agency

Mar 31, 2026

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7 min read

The Counterintuitive Way You Can Teach Anyone To Be High Agency

I went down a rabbit hole so I could help my kids. You can apply the same simple tactics to help your employees.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Leadership Development

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How Clever Leaders Use 360 Feedback to Make Real Change

Mar 22, 2026

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6 min read

How Clever Leaders Use 360 Feedback to Make Real Change

And get the right people to do a complete 180 on how they see them.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Prioritization & Delegation

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Break the Bottleneck: How to Find Your Team's Biggest Weakness

Mar 15, 2026

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4 min read

Break the Bottleneck: How to Find Your Team's Biggest Weakness

The 5-Step framework for identifying the one thing really holding your team back.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Change Management

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3 Lessons From Last Week's Leadership Coaching Sessions

Mar 8, 2026

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5 min read

3 Lessons From Last Week's Leadership Coaching Sessions

Listen in as I help top managers tackle these all-too-common challenges with their teams.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

C-Suite & Executive Leaders

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The Hidden Tax on Your Business

Mar 1, 2026

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5 min read

The Hidden Tax on Your Business

What's the cost of bad management? We calculate just how much profit one bad manager can wipe out from a company.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Prioritization & Delegation

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Controlled Chaos: Scale Faster By Balancing People and Process

Feb 22, 2026

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5 min read

Controlled Chaos: Scale Faster By Balancing People and Process

Scaling requires doing a delicate dance between coordination and chaos. Spot the indicators to know when you're team has drifted out of balance.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

AI & Automation Tools

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Honest Answers From 100 CEOs About How They're Making AI Work

Feb 15, 2026

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6 min read

Honest Answers From 100 CEOs About How They're Making AI Work

Where Are They Getting Real ROI vs. What's Just Hype

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Leadership Development

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How to Use Your AI Executive Coach: 3 Real Scenarios Every Leader Faces

Feb 8, 2026

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11 min read

How to Use Your AI Executive Coach: 3 Real Scenarios Every Leader Faces

Part 2: Using Your AI Coach for Real Leadership Challenges

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Leadership Development

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How to Build Your AI-Powered Executive Coach in 3 Easy Prompts

Feb 1, 2026

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7 min read

How to Build Your AI-Powered Executive Coach in 3 Easy Prompts

Part 1: How to Set Up an Always-On AI Leadership Coach That Understands You Better Than Most People

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Leadership Development

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The CEO of You: How to Drive Your Own Leadership Development

Jan 19, 2026

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7 min read

The CEO of You: How to Drive Your Own Leadership Development

Your manager won't build your career for you. Here's how to create a sustainable system for continuous career improvement.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

C-Suite & Executive Leaders

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The Power Project: How to Build Your Influence in 7 Practical Steps

Jan 12, 2026

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7 min read

The Power Project: How to Build Your Influence in 7 Practical Steps

Influence isn’t luck. It’s a project. Here’s the step-by-step playbook for winning over even the toughest leaders.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
How the Most Effective Leaders Make the Case for More Investment

Jan 5, 2026

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9 min read

How the Most Effective Leaders Make the Case for More Investment

How to get the resources you need to win without being a bully or a beggar.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
The 12 Most Impactful MGMT Playbooks of the Year

Dec 29, 2025

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8 min read

The 12 Most Impactful MGMT Playbooks of the Year

Your Year-End Guide to Better Leadership, One Playbook at a Time

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Communication

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Corporate Jiu Jitsu: How To Turn Your Boss' Strength Into Your Leverage

Dec 22, 2025

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8 min read

Corporate Jiu Jitsu: How To Turn Your Boss' Strength Into Your Leverage

Your boss has more authority. But you have more information. Here's how to turn that asymmetry into influence...

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Decision Making

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My Favorite Planning Hack: Run the Machine vs. Improve the Machine

Dec 15, 2025

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5 min read

My Favorite Planning Hack: Run the Machine vs. Improve the Machine

Planning feels safer than doing. You refine the roadmap, debate the strategy, polish the presentation. And ship nothing. Overplanning isn't diligence. It's disguised procrastination.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Communication

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How Smart Leaders Build Processes That Their Teams Actually Use

Dec 7, 2025

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7 min read

How Smart Leaders Build Processes That Their Teams Actually Use

Most processes are proven practices that quickly become outdated documentation. Here's how to create systems that make your people more effective.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Prioritization & Delegation

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How to Turn A Complicated Decision Into Easy Choices In 10 Steps

Nov 30, 2025

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8 min read

How to Turn A Complicated Decision Into Easy Choices In 10 Steps

Stop trying to solve everything at once. Here's how to break down impossible choices into manageable pieces.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Leadership Development

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How Top Managers Never Get Shortchanged in Their Performance Reviews

Nov 23, 2025

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7 min read

How Top Managers Never Get Shortchanged in Their Performance Reviews

These tactics work for anyone writing a performance review, not just managers. Here are 7 tips top performers use to advocate for themselves...

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Goals & Metrics

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Measure Your Talent: How to Create 4 People KPIs That Actually Work

Nov 16, 2025

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6 min read

Measure Your Talent: How to Create 4 People KPIs That Actually Work

People are your most important asset. So why can't you measure them? Here are the 4 KPIs that actually matter...

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

Prioritization & Delegation

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How to Manage 15+ Direct Reports Without Losing Your Mind

Nov 9, 2025

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7 min read

How to Manage 15+ Direct Reports Without Losing Your Mind

Big Tech gutted middle management. Now you're managing 20 people instead of 5. Here's how to scale yourself without burning out.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline

C-Suite & Executive Leaders

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How Great Teams Make Hard Things Look Easy (It's Called Effortless Precision)

Nov 2, 2025

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6 min read

How Great Teams Make Hard Things Look Easy (It's Called Effortless Precision)

Friction is free to add, but comes at a costs. Friction slows agility. Friction is the bureaucracy that drives out your best talent. Here's how to avoid it.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
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