The Catalyst
Learn the leadership perspectives, frameworks, and mental models you need to be successful.
Magic First. Feasibility Later.
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note Hey y’all - Happy Holidays! I’ve had a series of 7-hours-of-meetings days lately. It got me thinking about the idea of “wherever you go, there you...
Skills Are Cheap. How You Work Is What Sets You Apart.
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. The link to feedback was broken in the last edition, so I’m going to put this up one more time before closing it off. It takes about 109 seconds to provide...
Be an Offer Maker, Not an Order Taker
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. I'm contemplating a change to the frequency and scope of this newsletter. I want to make sure I do that with your input. Please give me insight into what you...
The Cost of What’s Unsaid
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. As I mentioned last week, I'm contemplating a change to the frequency and scope of this newsletter. I want to make sure I do that with your input. Please take...
Improve the Time from Insight to Action
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note I'm booked solid, and it feels great. I have another new client as of last week, this time for financial modeling. The work is large enough that I...
What I Learned About the Two Kinds of Ambition
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note One of the things I’m building but haven’t been terribly public about yet is a non-profit angel investing syndicate focused on my high school. This...
Does heart, mind, or will dominate your leadership?
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note I gained a new monthly retainer client last week. The problem to solve is my sweet spot: Scale. Classic Rule of 3 and 10 problem; the business is...
You're Exhausting Yourself on the Wrong Things
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note We lost the big project to another team. The client wrote us a seven-paragraph note explaining their rationale and thanking us for our work, which is...
Always Happy, Never Satisfied
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note If you’re wondering how last week’s big proposal went - we didn’t get the work... ...yet. The client asked us to increase the scope and go further...
A lack of appreciation isn't neutral
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note In Group 18 last week Anna and I started working on an exciting new proposal, and it was one we initially turned down. Someone shared an opportunity...