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Manager expectations, leadership principles, and the practical craft of running a team: one-to-ones, feedback, delegation and decisions.
An interim HR director covers a gap full time for a fixed period; a fractional Chief People Officer is senior leadership on a part-time basis, with no end date implied. Which one fits depends on size, stage and the problem you are actually solving.
Francisco Campos
Most management training teaches concepts and changes nothing on Monday. An internal programme of six sessions, built on the company's own routines and templates, does the opposite.
Ana Reis
Most one-to-ones are status meetings with two people in them. The fix is not a better template — it is deciding what the meeting is for, then protecting thirty minutes for it.
Ana Reis
Delegation fails when the task moves and the standard stays in the founder's head. The work is writing down the judgement, not handing over the to-do list.
Francisco Campos
Headcount is the wrong trigger. The right one is the point at which People decisions start being expensive to reverse.
Ana Reis
The People Diagnostic establishes where the organisation is constrained, and what to fix first.