Intermediate team
Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)
A PIP is a formal document that outlines an employee's performance gaps and sets a time-bound plan to correct them before termination.
#culture
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Glossary
Guides
Beginner team
8 min How to Run Effective 1:1s
A step-by-step guide to running 1:1 meetings that build trust, surface blockers, and help you develop every person on your team.
Intermediate team
8 min How to Run Performance Reviews
A practical guide to running quarterly performance reviews at an early-stage startup—without the overhead that makes traditional annual reviews useless.
Intermediate team
10 min How to Build a Hiring Process
A step-by-step guide to building a repeatable, structured hiring process—from job spec to signed offer—that reduces bias and bad hires.
Concepts
Beginner team
Radical Candor
Radical Candor is Kim Scott's management framework that combines caring personally for people with challenging them directly and honestly.
Intermediate team
Situational Leadership
Situational Leadership teaches managers to adapt their style - directing, coaching, supporting, or delegating - based on each employee's needs.
Articles
Intermediate equity
9 min Equity for Early Employees Explained
How to structure stock option grants for early hires - covering grant sizes, vesting, strike prices, and how to communicate equity fairly.
Intermediate team
13 min How to Build and Run a Remote Startup Team
Remote is the default for software startups in 2025. Here's how to build culture, hire globally, and run operations across time zones.
Beginner team
12 min How Startup Culture Gets Built
Culture isn't ping-pong tables - it's what behaviors get rewarded and punished. Here's how founders actually build it.