Mochary Method Curriculum

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First-time Onboarding
● Matt Mochary Bio: Coach (2 min)
● Mochary Method Coaches
● Mochary coaching method (CEO 1-1) (5 min read)
● Mochary Method Curriculum

Essential Reading
● On Time (3 min) Video
● Top Goal (CEO) (2 min) or Top Goal (investor) (2 min) Video
● Fear and Anger give bad advice (5 min) Video
● Fear and Anger: how to shift out of it (2 min)
● Heard: how to make people feel it (2 min)

Further Reading
● Exec Ops (formerly Chief of Staff) (5 min) Video
○ CEO role (2 min)
○ Biz Ops (3 min)
● Onboarding a new hire (2 min)
○ Firing Well (updated) (5 min)
○ Saying Goodbye to a Teammate (2 min) (Trishia Pasaquian)
● Feedback: Receiving: the 5 A’s (3 min)
○ Feedback (15 min)
● Restoration and Creativity: how to achieve them (3 min)
○ Remote happiness, how to create it (9 min)
○ Finding play (5 min)
● Trust and Like (5 min)
○ Trust, Deep (2 min)
○ Fundraising- The Relationship Method (10 min)

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 ○ Mistake: Repair, Rewind, Redo (1 min)
● Energy Audit (4 min to read; 45 min to do)
○ Zone of Genius (3 min)
○ Restoration and Creativity: how to achieve them (3 min)
○ No - how to say it (6 min)
● Meetings: How to make them effective and efficient (4 min) Video
○ Meeting guidance sheet (1 min)
○ Transition: How to successfully transition a group to a new method (2 min)

○ Writing vs Talking (and Video) (3 min to read, then 2 min video) Video
○ Meetings (20 min)
○ Brainstorming: written (2 min)
○ Meeting: Exec Team: Deconstructed (2 min)
○ Meetings: Reviews (Pipeline, Project/Business Unit, Cross-Departments) (2 min)

● Decision-Making (8 min)
○ Issue / Proposed Solution template (group)
○ Issue / Proposed Solution template (1-1)
○ Issues/Solutions Tracker, example
○ Agreement-Tracker: why you need one (3 min)
○ DRIs: Directly-Responsible Individuals (3 min)
○ Clean Escalate (2 min)
○ Lord of the Flies (1 min)
○ Loudest voice in the room (1 min)
● Mission, Vision, Values: How to create them (2 min)
○ [PUBLIC] Mochary Method - Vision 2031 (example)
○ Personal Info, Team - example (1 min)
○ Budgeting (2 min reading, 12 min video)
○ OKR Creation (6 min)
■ OKR Tracker, example (2 min)
○ AORs (2 min)
○ Process Audit
■ Processes Template
● Motivating your team (3 min)
○ Magic Questions (1 min)
○ Praise (3 min)
● Conflict Resolution (aka Relationship-Building) (10 min)
○ Board feedback with Matt Mochary (5 min)
○ Exec Team feedback with Matt Mochary (6 min)
● Regina Gerbeaux’s Resources for Operators
● Key Leadership Competencies by Faith Meyer (2 min)

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All of the reading in one place
● Matt’s Book: The Great CEO Within (online) (several hours)
● Matt’s Book: The Great CEO Within (on Amazon) (several hours)
● Wiki for The Great CEO Within (several hours)
● Mochary Method Curriculum (several hours)

Mochary Method Curriculum

Remote work
● Remote happiness, how to create it (9 min)
● How to maintain personal connection in a remote world (3 min)
● WFH guide (Clearbit) (a while)
● Do Remote Right (work in progress)
● Zoom - look like a rock star (5 min)
● Remote: Gitlab’s Guide to All-Remote (a while)
● Remote: Dropbox virtual first toolkit (a while)
● Remote Team by Zapier (a while)

Relationship-building
● Heard: how to make people feel it (2 min)
● Trust and Like (5 min)
● Relationships: How to get good at them (2 min)
● How to maintain personal connection in a remote world (3 min)
● Relationships - How to create a good one between a Manager and her Reports (3 min;
60 min for the links)
● Appreciation (1 min)
● Praise (2 min)
● Trust, Deep (2 min)
● Fundraising- The Relationship Method (10 min)
● Celebration (1 min)
● Conflict Resolution (aka Relationship-Building) (10 min)
● Listening Tours, by Ian Tien (5 min)
● Love Meeting (5 min including video)
● Personal Info, Team - example (1 min)
● Trust: How to create it among peers (2 min)
● Mistake: Repair, Rewind, Redo (1 min)
● Difficult Conversations: how to have them (1 min)

Hiring
● Recruiting and Onboarding (15 min)
● Recruiting at ___ (30 min)

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 ● Making the Offer (1 min)
● Compensation (3 min)
● Hiring Execs: External vs Internal (2 min)
● Onboarding a new hire (2 min)
● Teaching / Training (1 min)

Firing
● Firing Well (updated) (5 min)
○ Difficult Conversations: how to have them (1 min)
○ Decision-making: separate decision from implementation (1 min)
● Comms, Internal: Announcing traumatic events (5 min)
● Exit Interview (2 min)
● Saying Goodbye to a Teammate (2 min) (Trishia Pasaquian)
● Navigating The Aftermath of Layoffs (By Sabrina Wang) (3 min)

Mindfulness
● Fear and Anger give bad advice (3 min)
● Fear and Anger: how to shift of it (2 min)
● Emotions - name them (1 min)
● Fear vs Joy (3 min)
● Drama Triangle (and 100% Responsibility)
● Drama Triangle
● Sadness: how to process it (2 min)
● Consciousness Training options (3 min)
● Conscious Leadership (2 min to read, 15 min for the videos)
● The Work (Byron Katie)
● The Course by Dave Kashen (6 min)
● Possibility Mindset (3 min)
● Emotions: feel them (1 min)
● How to spot fear and anger in others (by Sabrina Wang)
● How to process discomfort by Sabrina Wang (1 min)

Individual productivity
● On Time (3 min)
● Top Goal (CEO) (2 min) or Top Goal (investor) (2 min)
● GTD (5 min to read, 1 day to implement)
● BTA (Bias Towards Action) (10 min)
● Inbox Zero (2 min to read, 1 hour to implement)
● Inbox Zero: How EA or CoS can help you achieve it (20 min)
● Accountability Partner (1 min)
● Gratitude (3 min)

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 ● Time Audit (2 min to read, 1 hour to do)
● Energy Audit (4 min to read; 45 min to do)
● Zone of Genius (3 min)
● Mental Health - how to maintain it (2 min)
● Restoration and Creativity: how to achieve them (3 min)
● No - how to say it (6 min)
● Meetings: don’t schedule them (1 min)
● Micromanaging by Faith Meyer (3 min)

Health
● Sleep (3 min)
● Alex MacCaw on Health (1 min)
● Sam Altman on Sleep, Exercise and Nutrition

Team Productivity
● Meetings (16 min)
○ Meetings: How to make them effective and efficient (4 min) Video
○ Meeting guidance sheet (1 min)
○ Brainstorming: written (2 min)
○ Calendar Cadence (3 min)
○ Meetings: Exec Meeting: at Newfront (1 min)
○ Meeting: Exec Meeting: Department Update (1 min)
○ Meeting: Exec Team: Deconstructed (2 min)
○ Meetings: Reviews (Pipeline, Project/Business Unit, Cross-Departments) (2 min)
○ All Hands: Leadership and Inspiration: How to create it (6 min)
○ Leadership vs Team Leads Meeting (3 min)
○ Offsite (1 min)
○ Offsites, big (by Matthew Holbreich, CoS at Medable)
○ Meeting Tracker - example (2 min)
○ Transition: How to successfully transition a group to a new method (2 min)
○ Efficient Async Discussions (5 min)
○ How to Use the companyOS Software (4 min)
● Decision-Making (8 min)
○ Decision-making: separate decision from implementation (1 min)
○ Issue / Proposed Solution template
■ Issue / Proposed Solution template (group)
■ Issue / Proposed Solution template (1-1)
○ Issue Identification (1 min)
○ Issues/Solutions Tracker, example
○ RAPID, example
○ RAPID template, example
○ RAPID Tracker, example
○ Agreement-Tracker: why you need one (3 min)

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 ○ DRIs: Directly-Responsible Individuals (3 min)
○ Clean Escalate (2 min)
● 1-1s
○ 1-1 Template and Instructions
○ 1-1 Template (Sabrina Wang)
○ 1st 1-1 Meeting with Matt Mochary (5 min to read; 45 min to do)
○ 2nd (and beyond) 1-1 Meeting with Matt Mochary (2 min to read; 15 min to do)
○ Job Responsibilities Rubric by Faith Meyer (3 min)

● The basics
○ Mission, Vision, Values: How to create them (2 min)
■ [PUBLIC] Mochary Method - Vision 2031 (example)
■ Brainstorming template for company outcomes and actions (template)
○ Values: how to create them (1 min)
○ Agreement-Tracker: why you need one (3 min)
○ Operations videos playlist (2 hours)
○ OKR Creation (6 min)
■ OKR Tracker, example (2 min)
○ Goals: How to Create Them (1 min)
○ AORs (2 min)
○ Process Audit
■ Processes Template
○ Personal Info, Team - example (1 min)
○ Grade Level Planning example (2 min)
○ Budgeting (2 min reading, 12 min video)
○ Performance Review (5 min)
○ Step by step guide to building high performing teams (by Sabrina Wang)
○ How to Hold People Accountable (by Celine Teoh)
○ Actions, How to Review (1 min)
○ Key Leadership Competencies by Faith Meyer (2 min)
● Motivating
○ Praise (3 min)
○ Star performers: How to keep them engaged and motivated (2 min)
○ Motivating your team (3 min)
■ Magic Questions (1 min)
○ Motivation beyond Mission and Money
● Other
○ Amazon 6-pager: shareholder letter (10 min)
○ Amazon Playbook (2 min)
○ BTA (Bias Towards Action) (10 min)
○ Lord of the Flies (1 min)
○ Loudest voice in the room (1 min)
○ Manager: How to be a great one! (1 min)
○ Manager Training Basics - Mochary Method

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 ○ Politics (2 min)
○ Scaling: Hire a “Manager Trainer” as COO (3 min)
○ Scale or not to Scale? (2 min)
○ Zone of Genius map - venture firm (1 min)

CEO (role and team)

● CEO as fireman (1 min)
● CEO role (2 min)
● Exec Ops (formerly called Chief of Staff) (3 min)
● Biz Ops (3 min)
● CEO Team (3 min)
● Personal Chief of Staff: How to hire one (2 min)
● Parenting as a CEO (2 min)
● Compensation: CEO refresh

For the COO/Exec Ops

● Optimizing Post Mortems (2 min) by Faith Meyer
● Regina Gerbeaux’s Resources for Operators
● Help Execs Achieve Inbox Zero
● Help Execs Prioritize Work
● Onboard yourself in 30 days
● Hire, onboard, and work with an EA
● Using Asana as an agreements tracker
● How to build a killer internal wiki on Notion
● BTA (Bias Towards Action)
● Run efficient meetings that don’t suck
● Templates:
○ CoS Roadmap template
○ Process database template for internal wiki (How-Tos)
○ Magic Questions template
○ Notion company hub template
■ To learn how to use, please read: Notion - Mochary Method setup
● Examples
○ Sample meeting doc: Engineering sync
○ Example of asynchronous discussion using Threads
○ Example of recapping feedback during meetings

Board
● Board of Directors (4 min)
● Board Meeting - Best Practice (5 min)
● Board Meetings (4 min)

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Product
● Optimizing Post Mortems (2 min) by Faith Meyer
● Product: Innovating (3 min)
● Product: How to develop a new one in a scaled company (3 min)
● Product: What product to build? How to position it? (2 min)
● How to figure out product positioning, from April Dunford on Lenny’s podcast (1 min)

Engineering
● Engineering: How to increase speed and quality (1 min)
● Engineering excellence: Rubber Duck channels (2 min)

Marketing
● Marketing: Target Beachhead (Segment, Target, Promote) (2 min)

Sales
● Selling (6 min)
● See Relationship-building
● Sales to the Enterprise: how to scale it (1 min)
● How to Train Salespeople by Sabrina Wang (4 mins)

Feedback
● Feedback (15 min)
○ Feedback: Receiving: the 5 A’s (4 min)
○ Feedback Form 1-1
○ Feedback Form - Hot Seat
○ How to GIVE Feedback like an Obnoxious Jerk (by Alexis d'Amecourt)
○ Conscious Listening (by Dave Kashen)
● Board feedback with Matt Mochary (5 min)
● Exec Team feedback with Matt Mochary (6 min)
● Conflict Resolution (aka Relationship-Building) (10 min)
● Performance Review (5 min)
● Feedback: Set up a 360 review system, by Sabrina Wang (3 min)

Communication
● Comms, Internal: Announcing traumatic events (5 min)
● Introductions: the double opt-in (3 min)
● Introduction for a job (1 min)

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Fundraising
● Fundraising- The Relationship Method (10 min)
● Fundraising- Emergence Capital advice (traditional method) (15 min)
● Fundraising - late-stage: Brand or Price? (3 min)
● IPO, or not to IPO (3 min)
● IPO: Founder letter (2 min)
● IPO: message to your team (1 min)
● Liquidity Programs for the Company (3 min)
● Liquidity (4 min)
● Bank vs Brokerage (2 min)

Legal
● Legal (2 min)
● Legal - closing a round - cost and time (4 min)

For Executives
● You Lost Your Job. Now What? (By Faith Meyer) (2 min)
● Navigating The Aftermath of Layoffs (By Sabrina Wang) (3 min)

Coach
● Is CEO Coaching Worth It? (By Celine Teoh) (2 min)
● Do I need a Coach, Mentor, Consultant or Cheerleader? (By Celine Teoh) (3 min)
● Coach: hire one for the executive team (1 min)
● Coach recommendations (1 min)
● Coach - how to find one (2 min)

Social Good
● Make Money, Have Fun, Do Good (2 min)
● Mochary Foundation (1 min)

Matt in action
● Videocast with Jason Calacanis (1h 20m)
● Podcast with Harry Stebbings (38 min)

FAQ
● Q&A with Matt Mochary (20 min)
● Mochary Method curriculum - private docs

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Blog Posts
● Book List (5 min)
● The stock market is not the economy … explained (2 min)
● Getting America back to work … is not going to be easy! (1 min)
● COVID gives birth to something wonderful: virtual reunions (1 min)
● The new normal: remote only (2 min)
● COVID and the economy: What can you imagine? (3 min)
● Technology-Enabled Service Provider (TESP) (2 min)
● Milestones: What to be ready for (3 min)
● Bolt - Conscious Culture Playbook (a few hours)
● The Great Reshuffle (2 min)
● No Rules Rules (2 min for my learnings; 10 min for the full summary)
● Turn the Ship Around: “I intend to …” (2 min)
● Events in the world: how to address them?
● Notion - Mochary Method setup

1-1 meeting format

● 1-1 Template and Instructions
● 1-1 Template (Sabrina Wang)
○ Information-sharing with Matt Mochary
● 1st 1-1 Meeting with Matt Mochary (5 min to read; 45 min to do)
● 2nd (and beyond) 1-1 Meeting with Matt Mochary (2 min to read; 15 min to do)
● How to Use the companyOS Software (4 min)
● 1:1 TEMPLATE: [Coachee Name] (Company Name) with Matt Mochary

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