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Khary Penebaker
Builder, advocate, father. It all started with losing my mom before I could remember her. The scattered version of me out there has never added up to the real one. So here it is, the whole story, in my own words.
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What I learned about hiring from 20 years of getting it wrong and right
Twenty years of building teams in commercial roofing taught me that my hiring framework is simpler than it used to be. I screen for three things: do they do what they say, do they improve without being told, and are they honest when something goes wrong.
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How to build accountability culture without micromanaging your team
Most managers cannot tell the difference between holding someone accountable and hovering over their shoulder. Accountability asks if you delivered what we agreed on. Micromanagement asks if you did it the way I would. Here is how to build the first without becoming the second.
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How to reset a toxic team culture without blowing it up
Fixing a toxic team culture is slow, uncomfortable work that most leaders rush. The smarter path is to change the systems that created the behavior first, then evaluate who can operate in the new environment. Here is how to run a real reset over 12 to 18 months without blowing the team up.
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