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Your job is now other people's decisions, not just your code.
Above senior, the work stops being what you build and starts being what you can get a room to agree on. Nobody hands you the authority to go with it.
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The Manual of “Me” and “Us”: getting ahead of friction before it becomes conflict.
Tom Day shares practical strategies for building trust, preventing conflict and having hard conversations with confidence at work and home.
How to explain technical ideas to anyone.
Former Microsoft leader Ben Pearce on communicating complex ideas clearly, influencing stakeholders and winning buy-in as a technical expert.
A more human way to interview as a candidate and get better results.
Marylin Schlamkow on how dating principles help you prepare, build rapport and show your best self. A fresh approach to interview confidence.
Why most websites fail the basics, and how to fix yours.
Fix a weak website fast: sharpen the message, add proof, speed up pages and simplify navigation. A practical guide to higher conversions.
How to turn a bold plan into collective action across the company.
Learn how to launch a company strategy that lands so everyone understands, owns, and delivers it with clarity and momentum.
Small edits. Big first impressions.
Retoucher Beth Perkins shares five quick photo edits — crop, exposure, white balance, vibrancy and cleanup — for better headshots, fast.
What the best candidates do, and what the best interviewers do.
Sam Grill reveals how candidates show impact and how managers run faster, fairer interviews. Great questions, better decisions, less bias—hire and get hired.
How to get 15 minutes with a senior leader’s diary and make it count.
Cheryl Warlow’s playbook: earn the time, write emails leaders act on, lead with the recommendation, and handle tough questions in the boardroom.
The See-Think-Feel-Intent method for feedback that lands without defensiveness.
Coach Clem Pickering on timing, wording and See-Think-Feel-Intent, a feedback playbook that makes 1:1s and reviews actually work.
How to post without fear, and without becoming an influencer.
Creator Jack Ralph on beating posting fear, finding ideas and making standout LinkedIn videos without fancy gear or becoming an influencer.
Target lists, tailored outreach, and follow-ups that win interviews.
Marylin Schlamkow turns the job search into a sales pipeline: target lists, tailored outreach, storytelling and follow-ups that win interviews.
Free, ungated, and written by the guests themselves.
Tom Day’s template for aligning a team before a project starts: roles, objectives, values, ways of working and what success actually looks like.
Tom DayPDF · 442 KB
Tom Day’s template for telling your team how you work: strengths, communication preferences and motivations. Build trust before conflict starts.
Tom DayPDF · 348 KB
Ben Pearce’s AOREN framework for explaining technical ideas clearly: structure presentations, influence stakeholders and drive action.
Ben PearcePDF · 144 KB
A dating-inspired guide to interview confidence: prepare properly, build rapport, answer clearly and show up as your real self. Free to download.
Marylin SchlamkowPDF · 1.6 MB
Craig Burgess on fixing the five mistakes most sites make — speed, clarity, content and design — using free tools. No sign-up required.
Craig BurgessPDF · 197 KB
Andy Toor’s toolkit for turning strategy into action: conversation guides, manager scripts and weekly reflection tools your team will use.
Andy ToorPDF · 1.5 MB
Five pro editing techniques from retoucher Beth Perkins to make every photo look sharp and credible. For LinkedIn and personal brands.
Beth PerkinsPDF · 5.4 MB
Cheryl Warlow’s playbook for communicating with senior leaders: earn attention, structure messages that land, make every interaction count.
Cheryl WarlowPDF · 7.7 MB
Clem Pickering’s models, frameworks and habits for giving and receiving feedback that builds trust and actually improves performance.
Clem PickeringPDF · 7.7 MB
Jack Ralph’s guide to LinkedIn posts that stand out: start strong, show your human side and build visibility that leads to opportunity.
Jack RalphPDF · 3.9 MB
Marylin Schlamkow’s 10-step framework for treating your job search as a sales pipeline: prospect smarter, tell your story, close the role.
Marylin SchlamkowPDF · 118 KB
Grow your career by taking action: side projects, learning in public and sharing progress. A hands-on guide to skills that stick.
Kevin McDonnellPDF · 97 KBMost people sit between two of these. Have a look at the others.
You're good at the work. Now you want the next thing.
You can ship. What's less obvious is how careers actually move: who notices, what to say, and which of the thousand things people tell you is worth acting on.
You're leading the team you were recently part of.
The skills that got you here are not the ones that keep a team healthy. Most of the job is now conversations nobody trained you for.
You set the direction, and own it when it doesn't land.
At this level the hard part isn't deciding. It's getting an organisation to act on the decision, hire against it, and keep going when it becomes inconvenient.
You're building the thing and running the business around it.
Nobody sets your priorities and nobody covers for you. The work is deciding what to raise, what to build, who to sell to, and how to keep going.
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