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Molly Graham

Molly was an early employee at Google, also at Facebook, where she worked closely with Zuck on building the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

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“Today my guest is Molly Graham.”

Speaker: Lenny Rachitsky▶ Watch at ~1:00approx.

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Externalize the emotions of change into a monster, let it rage, and only act on what survives two weeks.

In a scaling company, repeatedly hand off what you're good at to keep climbing the growing pile.

Stop babysitting low performers; grow your best people by testing theories about their potential.

Jump off career cliffs into jobs you're unqualified for; fall for 6-9 months, then climb far beyond the stairs.

Strip emotion out of hard calls by asking what you'd do if the person had no negative reaction.

Goals are a communication tool: three max, one that wins, intern-legible, painful, single-owned, and followed up.

Diagnose team problems from the top down: structure and dynamics, not the people, cause 80% of issues.

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