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@coachcoale
The best teams I’ve seen spend time talking about how they work together—not just what they’re working on.
The default is to focus on the product. The output.
But I’ve watched poor communication sink great ideas. Happens in sports all the time: a team full of supremely talented athletes have a terrible season.
It’s not just about the work. It’s about how you work. Together.
Don’t know where to begin?
Grab your cofounders and say:
“I want to spend 20–30 minutes at the next team meeting talking about how we’re working together, now that we’re this far along. Please come prepared to answer these questions.”
1) What’s working?
2) What could be better?
If you want to spice it up a bit:
3) What do you tell your family about this team?
— and be honest.
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@coachcoale
Need to change your perspective?
Move.
Easiest, and cheapest, way to do so.
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@coachcoale
Top five most important metrics for founders:
1. Clarity
2. Revenue
3. Users
4. _____
5. _____
What would you add to this list?
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@coachcoale
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Congratulations, @chriscocreated 👏🏻👏🏻
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@coachcoale
The bigger a company gets, the more folks expect the trains to run on time.
Doesn’t matter if you’re going from 2 to 20, or 20 to 200—expectations scale way faster than headcount (or revenue).
So how do you get the trains running on time?
Do what you said you were going to do.
A few examples I’ve seen matter over the years:
→ Start meetings—and end them—on time
→ Pay people what (and when) you said you would
→ Ship when you said you’d ship—or clearly communicate the change
Trust is built in the small stuff.
Simple in theory. Hard, hard, hard in practice.
What would you add, @adrienne?
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@slowcrypto
Resilient to a fault.
In the woods, no time to reflect.
Out of the woods, shake off the woods, no empathy for woods life.
Woods return, no lessons learned.
What’s the stick to stop the cycle?
Asking for a friend.
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@coachcoale
/coaching isn’t about changing someone else.
This is a waste of time — for all involved.
Coaching is about working with self-motivated individuals who are willing to think + do differently.
Can people improve? Definitely.
Will they improve? Maybe.
Does their buy-in matter? Hell. Yes.
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@coachcoale
Three of my favorite coaching Qs👇🏻👇🏻
What do I want to work on?
Why is this important?
What does success in this conversation look like?
👏🏻👏🏻
Why these Qs?
1) "Talk about" ≠ work on. Coaching is about work... going beneath the surface. Not here to just talk about something.
2) Importance = timing. "Why now" is a way of understanding urgency. Urgency is clarity because it shows us why we can no longer ignore this thing.
3) Success is the aiming point. If we don't know where we want to go, we're missing an opportunity. It's like getting in the car unsure of the destination.
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@jog
Some interesting questions will surely emerge from this....
My answer:
(On receiving bad news): What are 3 reasons why this is a gift?
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@coachcoale
Listened to a Nashville Writers’ Round this evening.
It’s amazing how much talent is behind a hit song.
Like great organizations with killer products — success is a TEAM sport.
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@coachcoale
One of my favorite self-/coaching strategies:
Five Whys.
Next time you need clarity, ask yourself why five times, each "why?" referring back to the previous answer.
I suggest writing it or speaking aloud and recording it.
Bet your fifth answer is much better than your first.
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