Team Building

Hire smart people and get out of their way

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Small teams of exceptional people beat large teams of average ones

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Hire for potential and hunger, not just experience

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The best interview questions reveal how people think

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Fire fast when you know it's not working

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Great teams need both autonomy and clear expectations

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Build trust before driving change

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Work samples beat interviews for assessing talent

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Direct feedback accelerates performance

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Hire for mission alignment and intrinsic motivation

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Leaders create leverage by developing others

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Functional expertise beats people management

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Team dysfunction starts with leadership

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Hire generalists in early stages, specialists later

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Name and celebrate individual superpowers

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High agency is the ultimate hiring criterion

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Understanding individual motivations unlocks team performance

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Progress beats pep talks for morale

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Structural problems masquerade as people problems

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Test for intellectual fearlessness and curiosity

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