The more you simplify, the better people will perform. People can not understand and keep track of a long complicated set of initiatives. So you have to distill it down to one, two, or three things and use a framework they can repeat, they can repeat without thinking about, they can repeat to their friends, they can repeat at night.

The agenda should be crafted by the employee who reports to the manager not the manager.

The job of an editor is to ensure a consistent voice.

You want to start with the objective of everything should feel exactly the same.

Don't accept the excuse of complexity.

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds

Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and you won't do well at first.