Hi Reader, Daria's here. I was talking with Rachel Sutherland recently — she runs People and Operations at a company of about fifty, growing fast from a startup into a scaleup. And of course, we talked about the transition that comes easy to no leader. You've heard plenty about the importance of delegation — "hire people smarter than you," the productivity math. But there's a part that makes it genuinely hard, and it isn't logistics. It's an identity shift. You built something by being close...

Hi Reader, A few months ago, I sat with a senior engineering leader — sharp, self-aware, running a large org inside a big tech company — and walked him through his GC Index profile. He looked at his results for about a minute and went straight to the lowest number. Four scores high, one sitting at a 3. And he did what almost everyone does the first time. He pointed at the 3 and asked me how to fix it. I didn't answer that. It's the wrong question. The GC Index doesn't measure how good you are...

Hi Reader, Daria's here. And today I want to talk to you about communities. Honestly, I think it's one of the best ways to learn, grow, and connect. It is so valuable — and also so hard to build. It starts with real energy. People show up. And then, somewhere around week six, it goes quiet. We tend to blame ourselves for that. Maybe we didn't have enough passion or needed more follow-through. But enthusiasm and passion aren't really the problem. The missing part in most communities is...