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Company Culture

The Rituals Driving Communication at Barrel

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Balancing Real Experience with Training for New Hires

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Taking Our Quarterly Debriefs Agency-Wide

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Building Culture with Tuesday Meetup

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A Framework for Building Strategy

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BL&T No. 200: H1 2024 Barrel Update

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BL&T No. 179: Downsizing to Discovery: Reflecting on Barrel through Insights from 'Same As Ever'

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BL&T No. 178: Exploring David Maister's Dynamos, Cruisers, & Losers

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BL&T No. 130: A New Approach to Performance Management

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BL&T No. 125: Introducing Memos to Quarterly Sessions

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BL&T No. 120: Role-Playing for Team Growth

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BL&T No. 111: First Barrel Team Retreat Takeaways

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BL&T No. 108: Meet Emotion With Emotion, Wait To Be Rational

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BL&T No. 106: Exploring Both Sides of Good Communication

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Driving Performance Culture

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BL&T No. 091: 16 Years & Goldfish

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Layoffs & Teaching the Biz

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BL&T No. 080: Culture & Ways of Working

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What is Company Culture?

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BL&T No. 059: Finding Employee Onboarding Inspiration In Motorcycle Training

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Candor as a Value

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BL&T No. 051: Experimenting with Monthly Team Meetings

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Most Things Can Wait Until Morning

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We Did That Before

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BL&T No. 032: Designing a Workshop to Uncover Feedback

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Exploring Autonomy

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We All Want the Same Thing

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Establishing Norms

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Feedback Without Personal Context

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Team Context Questions

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BL&T No. 027: Inviting Feedback Through Shared Principles & Vocabulary

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The One

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Happiness Habits

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Feedback Cards

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BL&T No. 025: Practicing Vulnerability

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1% Better at Remote Meetings

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BL&T No. 023: Thinking Alone to Think Better Together

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BL&T No. 020: Unpacking Meeting Culture

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BL&T No. 014: Understanding Feedback Before Acting on Feedback

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BL&T No. 011: Creating a Culture of Leadership

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BL&T No. 002: Embracing Today, Improving Tomorrow

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51 Qualities That Every Creative Leader Looks for in a New Hire but Doesn't Include in the Job Post

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Embedding Core Values in Company Culture

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Keeping Up Team Morale When Working with Retainer Clients

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