Dave Bailey's Blog

The ability to listen is an essential skill for leaders. Here are three levels of listening that will help you learn to actively listen to your team.

Whatever your field, one...

There’s a lot of PR attached to $100M+ acquisitions, which makes them seem more common than they actually are. In reality, only a small fraction of companies ever get...

Asking your network for recommendations might not be the solution you hoped, for your hiring decisions. Learn how to avoid bias by taking an algorithmic approach to recruitment....

Learn how to run an effective leadership retrospective that will engage your team, help them give feedback, and improve their performance.

Every time you don’t share how...

The key to business success is hard work and good luck. But can you increase the odds in your favour? Follow these six steps to create your own luck.

When successful people talk...

This article will help you reframe binary questions into adaptive ones so that you are no longer held back by the all or nothing mentality.

What do the following questions have...

You want your team to be happy, but you also need to make tough decisions. Learn how to lead with compassion, without losing your focus.

Do you recognise this scenario?

You have...

What behavioural norms define your company culture? Change culture at your startup by introducing a single, shocking rule.

When a company is small, founders have a huge personal...

You’ve built a product or service that you plan to sell into companies. While the development team was building it, you went out and started to build relationships. After...

How do you measure your ability to delegate? Or to set clear expectations and build stronger relationships with your team?

Ambitious and thoughtful leaders often know which...