{"id":1703,"date":"2017-11-21T02:08:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T02:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowyourteam.com\/blog\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2019-02-01T19:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T19:08:19","slug":"newsletter-issue-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canopy.is\/blog\/2017\/11\/21\/newsletter-issue-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every few weeks we send a newsletter to our subscribers with the new content we have written, new episodes of our podcast, and other interesting links we\u2019ve found on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourteam.com\/blog\/newsletter\">Subscribe to our Newsletter here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-chat-with-patrick-collison\">From The Heartbeat Podcast: Interview with Sara Sutton Fell, Founder and CEO of FlexJobs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As the founder and CEO of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexjobs.com\/\">FlexJobs<\/a>, a 100+ person remote company,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarasuttonfell\">Sara Sutton Fell<\/a>&nbsp;shares with me what she learned the hard way as a leader, having started her first company when she was 21 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wdn8Jd52TP4\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.knowyourcompany.com\/watch-the-heartbeat-interview-%EF%B8%8Fwith-sara-sutton-fell-founder-ceo-of-flexjobs-with-transcript-b19c287b2999\">Transcript of the interview here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"latest-reads\">Latest reads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/positiveslope\/kill-the-elephants-in-the-room-before-they-kill-you-9ccfbcc429fb\">Kill The Elephants In The Room Before They Kill You.<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cA common mistake I observe in leaders of teams big and small is to aspire for peace as a default.\u201dWritten by Scott Belsky, Founder of Behance + 99U and Venture Partner at Benchmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.gallup.com\/opinion\/gallup\/219863\/give-performance-reviews-actually-inspire-employees.aspx?g_source=CATEGORY_LEADERSHIP&amp;g_medium=topic&amp;g_campaign=tiles\">Give Performance Reviews That Actually Inspire Employees<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cThe essential question is this: \u2018How do we hold people accountable for their performance in a way that is more accurate, helpful and inspiring?\u2019\u201dWritten by Ben Wigert and Annamarie Mann, Gallup<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2017\/11\/ceos-should-leave-strategy-to-their-team-and-save-their-focus-for-execution\">CEOs Should Leave Strategy to Their Team \u2014 and Save Their Focus for Execution<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cThe common perception is that strategy is done at the top of the org chart, and execution is done below. It is exactly the opposite \u2013 let me explain why.\u201dWritten by Roger L. 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