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Inspiring Leads to give away their legos
Daniel Doubrovkine
dblockdotorg | 2016
PAULINE AUBEYLego Portrait, 2016Lego bricks 15 × 15 in 38.1 × 38.1 cm Zhou B Haus der Kunst, Chicago https://www.artsy.net/artwork/pauline-aubey-lego-portrait
Lead?
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GERARD RICHTER,Abstraktes Bild, 1997, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia https://artsy.net/artist/gerhard-richter
Vision
Mission
—What we do …
Art x Science Quality Worthy of Art People Are Paramount
Positive Energy Openness
—How we do it …
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Values
—Leads
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Take responsibility for values and shipping software +
Help individual contributors do their best work
How + What
80%
20%
—Your Typical Lead 1:1
• Digest team problems • Discuss complex people relationships • Check-in with their mental health • Identify what they do poorly • Highlight what they do well • Find opportunities to improve • Prevent them from making mistakes twice • Talk about something personal • Empathize …
Inspiring?!
Growth???!
http://firstround.com/review/give-away-your-legos-and-other-commandments-for-scaling-startups
“If you personally want to grow as fast as your company, you have to give away your job every couple months.” - Molly Graham
Best Growth Advice Ever!
Inspire Leads to Give Away their Legos
GODTFRED KIRK CHRISTIANSEN Toy bricks "Lego", 1958
Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln (2015)
Freeing TimeAchieve their Mission
Get Closer to their Vision
Have an Impact on the Entire Company
Don’t Tell, Ask
What are you great at?
What would you do with more free time?
How would that impact the company?
This is how big this can be for you.
—Your Next Lead 1:1
• Find out what they are great at • Paint a bright future for them • Show the massive impact • Identify what eats time away
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