Get Heard

Over the past two months, I've been working on a new eBook around communication. The inspiration came from a lot of similar conversations from completely unrelated teams that kept happening during the Leadership Assessment and Team Workshop.

Different companies, but common pain points:

• Avoiding Truth: Teams were talking around problems and avoided the hard- but inevitable- decisions
• Duplicated Efforts: Multiple people were doing what should have been one person's job
• Distorted Comms: Instructions and directions weren't being followed as intended, no matter how important or urgent they were
• Time Wasted: Pleasant but pointless team meetings didn't end up moving the needle on important initiatives
• Zero Feedback: Leaders kept saying, "I didn't realize such-and-such" because their teams weren't sharing feedback

As a TL;DR subscriber, you can get a sneak peek before the big release next week! Here's what's inside:

• How to understand what points of friction might be going on in your organization
• Methods to help introverts communicate just as well as loud people
• Strategies to improve 1-1s, one of the best ways to foster open dialogue on a team
• A bonus "Communication Tune-Up Kit" with practical steps to improve communication right away

Did I mention that it's packed to the rims with zesty car imagery? Beep Beep.

Download this free ebook now before everyone else.​​

A TL;DR from the CRO

I always think that better communication can drive more success. Boop boop.

-Roman Noodles, Chief Ruff Officer

TL;DRs From The Archive- Three Takeaways from "Gap Selling"

Gap Selling is a popular framework for understanding sales. This blog post from the archive breaks down the key concepts you need to know in order to sell better, feel better about selling, and sell more.

Or more poetically, see gaps more clearly, love gaps more dearly, and follow gaps more nearly, day by day. Read more...​

Part of my New Year's Resolution was to limit my doomscrolling. I installed an app that gives me only a few 7-minute clearances to Reddit a day. I'm on a 40-day streak, so it's working.

However, Reddit in and of itself isn't a sin, it's just the slack-eyed doomscrolling that I want to curtail. I like Reddit because it gives me...ideas.

During one of my short Reddit forays this week, I came across a creative thread that I can't un-remember: /AskHistorians was celebrating 2 million users by deleting comments on the announcement post with hilarious replies.​

This Reddit community is notorious for deleting comments by unqualified contributors. A lot of deleted responses to other threads is a common sight in this community.

It's called AskHistorians, not AskAGuyOnTheInternet.

Why do I love this? A community leaned into this Delete-Most-Comments culture and poked fun at itself.

Why did I put this into my newsletter? I love the idea of taking something about yourself/your organization and made it the punchline of an activity.

If I were to make me into a punchline activity, I'd host a fashion show for rocks.

Amethysts in tutus.

Agates in bowler hats.

Tiger's Eye in high heels.

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You can imagine why I limit my doomscrolling.

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Laughing at myself,

Dan from Learn to Scale​

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​PS. If you didn't get the Day by Day reference, tune into a little Godspell​