Before waiting for an official HR audit, compare your team's pay yourself by role and experience — imbalances are discovered faster from the inside.

Deliver effective feedback in 3 parts (Situation—Behavior—Impact) so the other person hears you without defensiveness.

Sort your feedback on care personally × challenge directly — sweet spot: high in both.

Write four sentences: Describe the behavior, Express the impact, Specify the change, Consequences.

Prep your 1-on-1 with SBI + GROW: situation, behavior, impact, then open GROW questions.

Refuse to attend or hold any meeting whose agenda did not arrive 24 hours prior, no exceptions.

For each delegation candidate, rate skill and interest — delegate where both are high.

Before any delegation, answer 7 questions in writing — send them with the handover.

After any delegated task completes, deliver feedback in Situation-Behavior-Impact format.

Specify the decision-types (not tasks) you will delegate via an explicit authority ring.

On day one, hand the new hire a list of 15 decisions they make alone without consulting you.

Designate one weekday with zero meetings — even from the CEO.

Don't ask "do we need another hire?" — ask "if we started today with nobody, who'd we hire first?".

A 2×2: "Care Personally × Challenge Directly". Know which quadrant you're in with each report.

Box of diverse materials (scraps + nature + tools) — child plays with no goal or instructions.

Replace one reused password across 30 accounts with unique long ones, stored in an encrypted manager.