Most leadership advice tells you what to think. Be more decisive, be more empathetic, give better feedback, and so on. Charlie Munger spent his life paying attention to the layer underneath all of that, which is how to think.

He never wrote a leadership book. He never gave a TED Talk on management. And yet his thinking tools hold up better in a real team meeting than most material on the leadership shelf.

In this episode, Ramona pulls five of Munger's mental models out of Poor Charlie's Almanack and shows where each one lands inside the actual week of a manager.

A few of the threads she pulls on:

Why "How do I build a great team?" is the wrong question, and what to ask instead
The pattern hiding behind the people problem on your team
The cost of staying inside your circle of competence, and the higher cost of pretending you're outside it
The favorite tool quietly editing what you're able to see in your direct reports
Why a logically airtight rollout still hits a wall, and the second track you're missing

If you've ever made a clean, rational call as a manager and watched it land badly anyway, this episode is for you.

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Links

Poor Charlie's Almanack (the collection of Charlie Munger's talks and writings referenced in the episode): https://a.co/d/03nCgIP8
Schedule a Leadership Strategy Call with Ramona: https://calendly.com/ramonashaw/leadership-strategy-session
Grab the free New Manager Toolkit mentioned in the episode: archova.org/freetoolkits
Turn your 1-on-1 meetings into your most valuable meeting of the week: http://archova.org/1on1-course
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling book, The Confident & Competent New Manager: amzn.to/3TuOdcP

Other Episodes You Might Like

Episode 105 – Train Your Thinking to Become a Better Leader: https://www.ramonashaw.com/105-train-your-thinking-to-become-a-better-leader
Episode 169 – Dual Models Leaders Have to Navigate: https://www.ramonashaw.com/169-dual-models

What's Next?

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