tl;dr:Yuhki, CPO at Figma, discusses the companies product development process. "I asked teams to instead define headlines—essentially, claims that they’d like to make by the end of some time period. For example, it might be something like “Figma is the most efficient way to design,” and the team offers both quantitative and qualitative ways to evaluate that claim."
tl;dr:Lenny's framework for giving performance reviews, starts with how to prepare: (1) Gather direct feedback from your report & their coworkers. (2) Capture accomplishments. (3) Describe their “superpower.” (4) Write a short high-level summary of their performance. (5) Identify 1-2 development areas, with examples, concrete suggestions, and what success looks like. (6) Share a timeline for their next career milestone. Lenny also discusses how to deliver and follow-up the review.
tl;dr:The W framework is "intended to help the leaders of the company put a planning process in place across the entire org," comprised of 4 steps: (1) Context: Leadership shares a high-level strategy with teams. (2) Plans: teams respond with proposed plans. (3) Integration: leadership integrates into a single plan, and shares with teams. (4) Buy-in: Teams make final tweaks, confirm buy-in, and get rolling.
tl;dr:Lenny surveyed current and past employees at over 40 of today’s most successful growth-stage companies to compile a table of the metrics commonly used. He also has a a framework for choosing a north star metric based on company type.
tl;dr:Early employee at AirBnB breaks down the company's success into 7 key takeaways. An Underlying theme is the company's obsession with its culture. Click this tweet if paywalled.