The Biology of Bounce: building a team that bends without breaking
Learn practical resilience training techniques for your team. Discover how to manage stress, reframe setbacks, and maintain perspective during business crises.
Ben Schmidt
7 minGeneral
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The Silent Exit: the real reason your best employee just quit
Discover the true causes of employee turnover. Learn why high performers leave due to bad management and stagnation, not salary, and how to build a retention strategy that works.
Ben Schmidt
7 min
Beyond the Time Clock: Securing Loyalty Through Output-Based Management
Explore how shifting from tracking hours to measuring output enables flexible work, builds trust, and serves as a critical retention tool for modern business leaders.
Ben Schmidt
8 min
The Ghost Workforce: Why Treating Freelancers Like Strangers is Killing Your Growth
Learn how to bridge the gap between full-time staff and freelance contractors. Discover strategies to unify your hybrid workforce through culture, training, and respect.
Ben Schmidt
7 min
The Laboratory of Little Bets: building a culture where it is safe to fail
Learn how to foster innovation by creating 'safe to fail' experiments. A guide for managers on reducing risk, encouraging curiosity, and using the scientific method to grow.
Ben Schmidt
8 min
Stop Wasting Your One-on-Ones: How to Turn 30 Minutes into Your Most Powerful Leadership Tool
A comprehensive guide to transforming one-on-one meetings. We explore why status updates kill morale and provide a framework for developmental conversations that drive retention and growth.
Ben Schmidt
6 min
The Ledger of Sanity: Why Your P&L Is Lying to You About Success
A guide for business owners and managers to redefine success by integrating team happiness and personal peace of mind into their core business metrics.
Ben Schmidt
7 min
The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do in a Meeting is Guess
Why admitting ignorance is a sign of strength in business. Learn how to replace dangerous guessing with a protocol for resourcefulness and truth.
Ben Schmidt
8 min
The Valley of Despair: why your team feels stupid right before they get smart
Learn to navigate the learning curve dip. A guide for managers on normalizing the frustration phase of skill acquisition to prevent burnout and quitting.
Ben Schmidt
7 min
The Writing on the Wall: Why Your Core Values Are Ignoring You
A practical guide to moving corporate values from motivational posters to operational realities. We explore how to discover true values, hire for alignment, and use beliefs to reduce decision fatigue.
Ben Schmidt
7 min