Manager Tools
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Long-running management podcast and guide archive from Mark Horstman and Michael Auzenne, covering one-on-ones, feedback, coaching, interviewing and hiring. Episodes give scripted, repeatable routines a new manager can apply directly with their team.
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Reforge
Subscription education platform where operators from companies such as HubSpot, Uber and Pinterest teach growth, product and marketing programs. Covers growth loops, retention models and monetization frameworks you can apply to your own product.
hbr.org
Harvard Business Review (hbr.org) offers research-based articles, case studies, and practical guidance on leadership, strategy, and organizational performance for managers and executives.
re:Work by Google
Google's public collection of people-operations guides and tools, drawn from its internal research on hiring, manager effectiveness, and team dynamics. Includes the Project Aristotle findings, structured-interview rubrics, and checklists teams can copy directly.
First Round Review
Long-form interviews published by First Round Capital with operators at venture-backed companies, covering management, hiring, culture and go-to-market. Each piece works through one leader's specific tactics rather than summarising general advice.
Who
Smart and Street's A Method for hiring: write a scorecard defining outcomes, source candidates continuously, run four structured interviews, then sell the finalist. Drawn from ghSMART's interviews with hundreds of CEOs and investors.
Building High-Performing Teams
Teams are essential to the modern organization, but most never reach their potential. Co-workers miscommunicate, and groups struggle to adapt to changes in the market or their organizations. When teams lack self-awareness about these challenges, performance suffers. Based on years of team culture research and consulting experience, this course helps you understand the problems that hurt productivity, and gives you tools for creating positive change. This course also guides you through creating the ground rules and structure needed to set your team up for success. You gain the skills to diagnose issues such as conflicts, groupthink and lack of commitment in your team before they get out of control. The course offers frameworks to adjust team behaviors and get the best performance out of your people. You also understand frequent stumbling blocks for common team types, such as startups and virtual teams, and learn solutions tailored to each one.