Leadership
24 pieces on Leadership
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Fast Growth Is the Phase That Lies: A Conversation with Monika Mikowska
Monika Mikowska, co-founder of the UX agency Mobee Dick, on why fast growth is the phase that deceives founders, the cash-flow blind spot that nearly bankrupted her, working on the company versus in it, and measuring success in vitality, not revenue.
·10 min read·Leadership / Product - 08
Understand Reality Before You Fix It: A Conversation with Agata Lesniak
Agata Lesniak on building HR from absolute zero, why titles mean nothing without a voice, why the earlier HR joins the cheaper the cleanup, ego-less leadership, and doing offboarding right.
·8 min read·Leadership - 09
The PM Path Nobody Takes: A Conversation with Weronika Siatkowska
Weronika Siatkowska on moving from customer success to product manager, why empathy is a PM superpower, how to measure success for internal tools, why process is an enabler not bureaucracy, and rallying teams around a shared goal.
·10 min read·Product / Leadership - 10
Don't Assume You Are the Customer: A Conversation with Piotr Kacala
Product and engineering leader Piotr Kacala on the GOG Galaxy bet that was novel, hard, and wrong, why telling smart people what to do destroys them, the Dunbar breakpoints where teams break, and why delivery is a symptom.
·8 min read·Product / Leadership - 11
"I Can Sell Anything to Anyone" Is a Red Flag: A Conversation with Marta Rzymek
Brand24 head of sales Marta Rzymek on why the anything-to-anyone salesperson scares her, why managers should keep selling, hiring for curiosity over a magic question, and what AI actually changes in sales.
·8 min read·Sales / Leadership - 12
Burnout Isn't a Leadership Badge: A Conversation with Patricia Serafin-Wynne
Patricia Serafin-Wynne on scaling teams from 5 to 200, the moment trust turns into process, onboarding in reverse, when AI automation is actually worth it, and why every pivot is change management nobody wins cleanly.
·10 min read·Leadership