Starbucks scrapped merit-based raises for a flat 2% bump—and high performers are furious. Benj and McKenzie unpack why this “fair” move backfires, plus a hot take on when assigning KPIs actually hurts your team. If you're leading culture, systems, or performance, this one’s for you. Sessions is hosted by Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker The best businesses aren’t just built on strategy, they’re built on soul. If delegation is something you’re wrestling with, the System & Soul net...
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Starbucks scrapped merit-based raises for a flat 2% bump—and high performers are furious. Benj and McKenzie unpack why this “fair” move backfires, plus a hot take on when assigning KPIs actually hurts your team. If you're leading culture, systems, or performance, this one’s for you. Sessions is hosted by Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker The best businesses aren’t just built on strategy, they’re built on soul. If delegation is something you’re wrestling with, the System & Soul net...
Hot Takes: How Leaders Stay Relevant as Their Teams Grow
Sessions with System & Soul
17 minutes
2 months ago
Hot Takes: How Leaders Stay Relevant as Their Teams Grow
What keeps leaders relevant as their teams grow? In this Hot Take, Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker react to two very different insights: Scott Farquhar, Co-CEO of Atlassian, on the four core responsibilities of a CEO (from his conversation with Harry Stebbings on 20VC)Arthur Brooks on the shift from fluid intelligence to crystallized intelligence as leaders matureTogether, these ideas spark a bigger conversation about how managers become leaders and what it really takes to s...
Sessions with System & Soul
Starbucks scrapped merit-based raises for a flat 2% bump—and high performers are furious. Benj and McKenzie unpack why this “fair” move backfires, plus a hot take on when assigning KPIs actually hurts your team. If you're leading culture, systems, or performance, this one’s for you. Sessions is hosted by Benj Miller and McKenzie Decker The best businesses aren’t just built on strategy, they’re built on soul. If delegation is something you’re wrestling with, the System & Soul net...
