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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
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
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
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
Find Your Path: How to Quickly Exit An Existential Crisis

Oct 5, 2025

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9 min read

Find Your Path: How to Quickly Exit An Existential Crisis

Learn to help yourself (or someone else) get moving the right direction when you feel hopelessly tangled up.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
3-Bullet Development Plans: Why Growth Should Fit on a Post-It Note

May 12, 2025

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6 min read

3-Bullet Development Plans: Why Growth Should Fit on a Post-It Note

Most development plans fail because they're too complex. Here's the Post-It note framework that actually works.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
4 Lessons From The Most Successful CEO Coach You've Never Heard Of

May 4, 2025

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10 min read

4 Lessons From The Most Successful CEO Coach You've Never Heard Of

Inside my day with Silicon Valley's favorite CEO coach, Matt Mochary and the misreported death of the 1:1 meeting.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Stop Playing With AI. Your Team Needs a Real Strategy Now.

Apr 26, 2025

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10 min read

Stop Playing With AI. Your Team Needs a Real Strategy Now.

Shopify just made AI mandatory. Here's what it means for every manager.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Why Great Leaders Get People Wrong (And How to Get Them Right)

Apr 21, 2025

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7 min read

Why Great Leaders Get People Wrong (And How to Get Them Right)

How your snap judgments are costing you top talent (and simple ways to snap out of it).

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Employee Exit Velocity: How To Set Your Employees Up For Success

Oct 26, 2024

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8 min read

Employee Exit Velocity: How To Set Your Employees Up For Success

The foolproof onboarding plan that'll launch your team to the stars.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
9 Undervalued Leadership Skills You'd Be Crazy Not To Build

Sep 18, 2024

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9 min read

9 Undervalued Leadership Skills You'd Be Crazy Not To Build

With simple ways you can develop each one of them faster.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
How To Build A High-Fidelity Picture of What Your Employees Are Like

Sep 11, 2024

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9 min read

How To Build A High-Fidelity Picture of What Your Employees Are Like

Create "Player Profiles" to better you know your team and put them in positions to succeed.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
The Future of High Performance: Self-Coaching Teams

Aug 8, 2024

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7 min read

The Future of High Performance: Self-Coaching Teams

And why good managers would be wise to invest in becoming great coaches.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Solving The Player-Coach Conundrum

Jun 20, 2024

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7 min read

Solving The Player-Coach Conundrum

How To Manage Effectively When You're Still An Individual Contributor

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
The Coaching Blueprint: 7 Simple Questions to Drive Outsized Performance

Sep 14, 2023

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9 min read

The Coaching Blueprint: 7 Simple Questions to Drive Outsized Performance

Use my free "Keep Stop Start" template to engineer the productive feedback you need to win.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
How Community And Constraints Combine To Create Breakthrough Ideas

Aug 31, 2023

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7 min read

How Community And Constraints Combine To Create Breakthrough Ideas

Unexpected lessons from the heart of Music City

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Pulse Check: The 9 Vital Questions You Need to Monitor Employee Engagement

Aug 9, 2023

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7 min read

Pulse Check: The 9 Vital Questions You Need to Monitor Employee Engagement

Plus a heatmap template to help you hone in on employee hotspots

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
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