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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 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
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
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
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
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
Why Common Wisdom Will Never Lead to Uncommon Results

Aug 31, 2025

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6 min read

Why Common Wisdom Will Never Lead to Uncommon Results

Revisit our 12 most impactful playbooks from the past year to help your team finish even stronger than they started.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
AI-Powered Accountability: How To Build AI Systems That Drive Team Performance

Aug 3, 2025

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10 min read

AI-Powered Accountability: How To Build AI Systems That Drive Team Performance

Traditional accountability relies on human memory and awkward check-ins. AI creates systems that feel like support, not surveillance.

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
How You Might Be Accidentally Building a Team of Star Underperformers

May 8, 2025

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3 min read

How You Might Be Accidentally Building a Team of Star Underperformers

When your best people work hard on the wrong things, it's because you trained them to. Here's how to spot and break this pattern.

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
The Monday MGMT Minute: Three Strikes

Oct 21, 2024

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2 min read

The Monday MGMT Minute: Three Strikes

How to quickly build the confidence to finally tell an underperformer they're out.

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 Employee Exit Handbook: How To Fire Someone With Compassion And Respect

Sep 5, 2024

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8 min read

The Employee Exit Handbook: How To Fire Someone With Compassion And Respect

The do's and don'ts that make a challenging decision go as smoothly as possible.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Why It Always Pays To Overinvest in Defining "What Excellence Looks Like"

Aug 22, 2024

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7 min read

Why It Always Pays To Overinvest in Defining "What Excellence Looks Like"

If you want to manage WELL, you need everyone to begin with the end in mind.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
7 Questions Every Leader Must Answer To Set Winning Quarterly Objectives

Jul 25, 2024

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7 min read

7 Questions Every Leader Must Answer To Set Winning Quarterly Objectives

How to convert the insights from your Quarterly Business Review into a Quarterly Forward Plan.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Avoid Dangerous Drift With My Quarterly Business Review And Reset

Jul 11, 2024

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7 min read

Avoid Dangerous Drift With My Quarterly Business Review And Reset

Apply my OAR Framework to ensure your entire team is rowing in the same direction.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
How To Build The Virtuous Cycle Fueling High-Performing Teams

May 18, 2024

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6 min read

How To Build The Virtuous Cycle Fueling High-Performing Teams

We remix three of our most popular playbooks into a potent playlist

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
The Continuous Improvement Machine: How Quantity Becomes Quality

Apr 25, 2024

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8 min read

The Continuous Improvement Machine: How Quantity Becomes Quality

Shots lead to data. Data leads to insight. Insight leads to impact.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Fix Your Broken Team: 8 Turnaround Tips for Sustained Success

Apr 18, 2024

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7 min read

Fix Your Broken Team: 8 Turnaround Tips for Sustained Success

Why you can't declare a new day one until you've zeroed out the problems of the past.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
The Two Minute Drill: The Simple Daily Habit To Boost Team Productivity

Apr 11, 2024

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7 min read

The Two Minute Drill: The Simple Daily Habit To Boost Team Productivity

Plus a free tracking template that converts daily data into transformative insights.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Work Smarter Not Harder: A Better Way to Elevate Team Performance

Mar 21, 2024

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7 min read

Work Smarter Not Harder: A Better Way to Elevate Team Performance

Why adding more people often causes more problems than it solves.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
How Can You Help Your Team Avoid Layoffs?

Feb 15, 2024

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5 min read

How Can You Help Your Team Avoid Layoffs?

10 foolproof rules to make your team bulletproof.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
High Leverage Leadership: 5 Ways to Multiply Your Management Impact

Oct 19, 2023

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8 min read

High Leverage Leadership: 5 Ways to Multiply Your Management Impact

Including the one that's accessible to everyone but Naval left out

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
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