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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
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
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
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
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
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
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Most processes are proven practices that quickly become outdated documentation.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
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
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
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
Effort vs Outcomes: A Practical Guide For Measuring and Rewarding Results

Oct 26, 2025

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8 min read

Effort vs Outcomes: A Practical Guide For Measuring and Rewarding Results

Your hardest-working employee might be your biggest problem. Here's how to reward results, not just effort.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Fixing a Dysfunctional Leadership Team: The CEO's 90-Day Playbook

Oct 19, 2025

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8 min read

Fixing a Dysfunctional Leadership Team: The CEO's 90-Day Playbook

How to stop letting your broken leadership team tax every decision you make.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
The Right Way To Iterate: How to Improve Without Starting Over

Sep 28, 2025

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8 min read

The Right Way To Iterate: How to Improve Without Starting Over

Thoughtful iteration creates compound learning. Each cycle builds on the last. Here's why smart leaders stop the spiral of starting over.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
10 Simple Tips That Turn New Managers Into Leaders People Will Follow

Sep 7, 2025

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11 min read

10 Simple Tips That Turn New Managers Into Leaders People Will Follow

Some management principles are timeless. Others are rapidly evolving. Here's how to know which is which.

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
Leader as Matchmaker: How to Connect Work and People for Maximum Impact

Aug 24, 2025

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7 min read

Leader as Matchmaker: How to Connect Work and People for Maximum Impact

Delegation isn't just assigning work. It's optimizing for near-term results and long-term development.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
How to Onboard Yourself: The Personal Success Guide for New Managers

Jun 28, 2025

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8 min read

How to Onboard Yourself: The Personal Success Guide for New Managers

Don't wait for HR. Here's how smart managers take control of their first 90 days and accelerate their impact.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
Stop Trying to Convince People to Change

Jun 7, 2025

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6 min read

Stop Trying to Convince People to Change

The harder you push, the more they resist. Here's why leading with mandates backfires and what works instead...

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
How To Clear Out Mental Clutter And Get Your Team Back to Basics

May 21, 2025

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7 min read

How To Clear Out Mental Clutter And Get Your Team Back to Basics

Is your team drowning in well-intentioned complexity? Here's our simple framework for getting back to basics.

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
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
Extreme Accountability: The 13 Step Blueprint For High Performance Teams

Mar 23, 2025

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8 min read

Extreme Accountability: The 13 Step Blueprint For High Performance Teams

Nobody likes being held accountable. But they do like being part of a team that consistently wins.

Dave Kline
Dave Kline
The New Must-Learn Leadership Skill: How to Delegate Work to AI

Mar 12, 2025

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8 min read

The New Must-Learn Leadership Skill: How to Delegate Work to AI

The delegation game has changed. And we've got simple prompts to get you started.

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
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