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Aaron Klein

The Leadership Sin Equally Bad as Micromanagement

I remember early in my career thinking the worst management sin was micromanagement. I promised myself I’d never be that boss…

Oct 20

The Leadership Sin Equally Bad as Micromanagement

Oct 20

How to Ensure You Don’t Lose Great Talent to Promotions

The Peter Principle is real. Amazing people can get promoted right into failure. How can we avoid this outcome?

Sep 26

How to Ensure You Don’t Lose Great Talent to Promotions

Sep 26

Do Humans Have a Role in a 150 IQ AI World?

The future isn’t about outsmarting AI — it’s about partnering with it to create a world that’s richer, more vibrant, and more human.

Aug 21

Do Humans Have a Role in a 150 IQ AI World?

Aug 21

Performance Bonuses that Actually Inspire, Reward and Retain Your Best Talent

How to build a performance bonus system that actually motivates and retains your most valuable talent.

Jun 23

Performance Bonuses that Actually Inspire, Reward and Retain Your Best Talent

Jun 23

Replacing Annual Reviews with Regular Feedback and Communication

It’s time to kill the annual performance review. Here’s a better approach.

May 22

Replacing Annual Reviews with Regular Feedback and Communication

May 22

The Leader’s Greatest Challenge isn’t People or Money. It’s Time Allocation.

The four layers of time a leader should allocate across their calendar.

May 14

The Leader’s Greatest Challenge isn’t People or Money. It’s Time Allocation.

May 14

Getting Clarity on Delegating Decisions

A five level framework for communicating how decisions get made.

Mar 8

Getting Clarity on Delegating Decisions

Mar 8

Using Headcount as a Last Resort for Solving Problems

Have you ever noticed that a company of 25 can’t imagine how it functioned with only 10 people? And a group of 100 can’t fathom 25?

Feb 8

Using Headcount as a Last Resort for Solving Problems

Feb 8

Recruiting Amazing Talent with Merit, Excellence and Intelligence

No demographic group has a monopoly on excellence or intelligence. It’s time for the world’s best companies to embrace MEI.

Jan 9

Recruiting Amazing Talent with Merit, Excellence and Intelligence

Jan 9

Face to Face vs. Remote? It Depends What You’re Optimizing For.

If productivity is back to normal, why shouldn’t every business embrace remote? There are three reasons — none about the quantity of work!

Dec 9, 2024

Face to Face vs. Remote? It Depends What You’re Optimizing For.

Dec 9, 2024

Aaron Klein

Aaron Klein

Husband and Dad to your typical, average Korean-Ethiopian-American family. Co-Founder and Founding CEO at Nitrogen. Striving to live Isaiah 1:17. Love Idaho.

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