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We interview operators from every kind of company to tease out the habits, written rituals and hard calls that make them unusually good at the quiet craft of running a team.
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There is only one thing that separates a merely competent team from a genuinely high-performing one: quiet operators.
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Season 1 • Episode 5
Tara Oyelaran, Head of Customer Marketing
In episode #5, Tara Oyelaran (Head of Customer Marketing at Fernhill) talks about coaching people you only meet on a screen. She shares what she does about impostor syndrome, how she found her own mentors, and the rituals that keep a distributed team honest.
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Season 1 • Episode 4
Erez Bendavid, Chief Operating Officer
In episode #4, Erez Bendavid (COO of Kiln) explains how a one-page set of operating principles keeps a team aligned without a rulebook. We also cover the signals that tell you a team is finally ready to write theirs down.
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Season 1 • Episode 3
Nadia Kowalczyk, President & Co-founder
In episode #3, Nadia Kowalczyk (president and co-founder of Clearbrook) talks about handing work over on purpose: writing candid decision memos, trusting people to read the numbers themselves, and hiring for empathy over polish.
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Season 1 • Episode 2
Sara Vanterpool, Chief Marketing Officer
In episode #2, Sara Vanterpool (CMO of Tessellate) talks about reading what actually motivates each person on a team, setting expectations that survive a re-plan, and giving people room to grow while the roadmap keeps moving.
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Season 1 • Episode 1
Desmond Achebe, Chief Executive
In episode #1, Desmond Achebe (CEO of Northvane) shares the practical side of servant leadership: what he asks in skip-level one-on-ones, how he closes the loop afterwards, and why he writes the agenda last.
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