Business Blog: Why Common Wisdom Will Never Lead to Uncommon Results

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Last Two Cohorts of 2025 Coming in Hot

MGMT Fundamentals - Eight one-hour sessions over two weeks starting September 9 at 12:00 PM ET. Perfect for managers with 0-3 years of experience who want to quickly build the skills and systems to lead their team effectively from Day 1.

MGMT Accelerator - Eight 90-minute sessions over four weeks plus 3 group coaching sessions starting October 7 at 11:00 AM ET. Perfect for experienced leaders with 3-10 years of experience who want to refine their systems to deliver more impact and level up as a leader.

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Summer Reading Before Summer Wraps Up

So I'm staring at a hard choice:

I could spend the morning cranking out another playbook to help you lead (I do have 2-3 drafts already half written).

Or I could go and face the adversity that lies ahead of me head on:

Let's be honest. I love you all, but not the hardest decision.

I'm choosing one last dose of summer before the kids go back to school.

But if your weather isn't quite as perfect as ours or if you're kids went back to school a couple weeks ago, you might need a playbook to unlock your biggest management challenge.

So here are the 12 most-read editions from the past year that you may have missed.

Lead Yourself More Effectively

Stack Your Team With Top Talent

Optimize Your Operational Systems

Learn From Other Leaders

What You Missed This Week

Our Sunday AM posts:

📌 12 Quiet Piece of Coaching to Help Us Move Forward (Dave on LI)
📌 11 Lessons to Avoid Regret (Mar on LI)
📌 8 Habits of High-Performing Teams (Dave on X)

And here are our most popular posts last week:

🔥 My Most Painful Leadership Lessons (Dave on LI)
🔥 The Automatic Accountability Playbook (Dave on X)
🔥 How to Manage Your Boss (Mar on LI)

Our goal is to build a community of 1 million thoughtful, curious leaders.

You can help us by reposting anything that resonates with you.

Thank you for reading. Appreciate you!

Dave

Ways To Work With Us

MGMT Fundamentals - Eight one hour sessions over two weeks starting September 9 at 12:00 PM ET. Perfect for managers with 0-3 years of experience who want to quickly build the skills and systems to lead their team effectively from Day 1.

MGMT Accelerator - Eight 90-minute sessions over four weeks plus 3 group coaching session starting October at 7 11:00 AM ET. Perfect for experienced leaders with 3-10 years of experience who want to refine their systems to deliver more impact and level up as a leader.

1:1 Executive Coaching - My sweet spot is solving real problems while helping leaders build their management OS. Email me to setup an intro call.

Customized Leadership Programs - Bring our MGMT Accelerator or MGMT Fundamentals in-house for a tailored, intensive workshop. Ideal for 15+ leaders.

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