Lead by Writing
A handbook on being a great manager by Slite and friends
Lead by Writing launched on September 19, 2019 with 177 votes, #131 of 3,296 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.
What it does
A handbook of templates for everything managers can’t afford to do badly, by the best leaders in the industry. Covering recruiting, onboarding, giving feedback and more coming soon.
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I was emptying the attic at my parents' house and came across a shoebox of letters from my youth. You know the one—a mix of postcards, love letters, and random notes from friends passed around during high school. Not a photo album, home movie, or psychological assessment of my teen years could've brought me closer to embodying that period of time. It was a like an x-ray into the world around me, the world inside me, and the things I thought I needed to be a better version of myself. Because writing, in its many forms and formats, has a way of reducing distance. And in a remote world, it's the amulet that protects distanced teams from drifting into deaf space. Writing builds trust, creates…from slite.com
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