Dave Kline

Become the Leader You’d Follow | Founder @ MGMT | Coach | Advisor | Speaker | Trusted by 250K+ leaders.

Hey, I’m Dave Kline.

I teach leaders how to build All-Star teams and level up their careers.

After decades of leading in pretty intense environments, from Bridgewater Associates to Moody’s Analytics, I know what it takes to be the manager your team remembers (for the right reasons).

Why I can help you is simple:

I’ve been through it.

And to prove it, here’s my background (by the numbers) ⤵️

2: Decades leading high-impact teams in asset management (Bridgewater), consulting (PwC), & financial services (Moody’s Analytics).

4: Years as an entrepreneur. My portfolio includes Skillscouter (an online course & career site), and MGMT Accelerator (a cohort-based management training course).

14: Cohorts of early-career leaders that I’ve taught at multiple companies.

100: Managers I recruited, onboarded & mentored at Bridgewater Associates.

1,000: Performance evaluations with grace and respect for stars and terminations alike.

205,000+: My community across LinkedIn & Twitter interested in management tactics & leadership lessons

385,000,000: My team’s top revenue year at Moody’s.

Now that we’ve covered the why, here’s the how:

- The MGMT Accelerator – an intensive management training course for both new and senior leaders
- MGMT Fundamentals – a course that covers all the need-to-know management basics for rookie leaders
- The MGMT Playbook – a weekly newsletter that gives practical management insights

Through our MGMT courses, my wife Marsden and I have played the assist with over 1,100 leaders so far, who’ve now learned how to:

- Practically tackle the most common leadership challenges
- Build their Management OS’s CODE (Coach, Operate, Delegate, Engage)
- Refine their individual leadership Decision-Making System

With our 30+ years of combined experience, you won’t just get our knowledge.

You’ll get to ask us questions directly and get access to coaching that’s more tailored to your own experience.

We always say – if we could do it like a dinner party, we would.

If you’re interested in leadership advice (that doesn’t just sound nice but actually works), drop me a follow – I post daily.

And if you like what you see, our MGMT courses could be just what you need to level up.

DM me if you’re interested.

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We created the MGMT Accelerator to help managers rapidly develop into trusted leaders by combining the art & science of management. 

This 4-week program consistents of eight 90-minute modules where I share the tactics I learned leading high-performing teams for 25 years. During each session, we tailor those insights together to build your personalized management system together. 

You'll learn alongside ~50 peers and become part of an expert community of more than 300 alums.

The soft skills are sometimes the hardest.

Which is why they're so valuable.

Think about the best person you worked with.
- The one who quietly set the standard.
- The one who made everyone else better. 
- The one you'd want to bring with you.

What made them stand out?

Yes, they were good at their job. 
But there was something more.

It was how they showed up. 

4 Underrated Career Skills:

1. Raise the Energy of the Room
→ Make others feel more capable, not less
→ Add enthusiasm when it's absent
→ Choose optimism

2. Be Enjoyable to Work With
→ Create calm in chaos
→ Blend excellence with enjoyment
→ Become everyone's "go-to" resource

3. Keep Your Commitments
→ Replace "I'll try" with "I will"
→ Build trust through reliable delivery 
→ Promise carefully, deliver consistently

4. Lead Regardless of Title
→ Tackle the problems others avoid
→ Take initiative before it's obvious
→ Make decisions that prioritize progress

The truth about these skills:

They're 100% your choice.
Only 1% do all 4.

And that's your opportunity.

Simple ≠ Easy
That's why it works.

And yes, AI is changing everything. 
Including making these skills more valuable.

⬇️ Which skill has helped your career most?

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Your team doesn't need you to have all the answers,

As long as you ask the right questions. 

Here are 20 questions that:

- Uncover meaningful problems
- Unlock the team's potential
- Unleash breakthrough results

And what you should listen for...

THE WORK (And How Work Gets Done)

1. What does excellence look like?
2. How do we measure success?
3. Name our three critical priorities.
4. Where do you get blocked?
5. Which processes feel unnecessary?

What to listen for:
Can they define exceptional work with specificity? 
Do they know what truly matters versus what's just noise? 
Will they challenge inefficient processes? 

Great teams have clarity and the courage to stay focused.

ENGAGEMENT (What Drives People)

6. What energizes you most?
7. How do you prefer feedback?
8. What skills do you want to build?
9. When were you most proud?
10. Where do you want to be in one year?

What to listen for:
Where does their natural energy flow? 
Do they invite improvement or avoid it? 
Are they driving their own development with purpose? 

Great teams have energy and raise everyone else's.

ALIGNMENT (Staying Connected)

11. How does your work impact our mission?
12. What's our biggest opportunity?
13. Where do you see team friction?
14. What information would help you?
15. What should we stop doing?

What to listen for:
Do they see their strategic value beyond their task list? 
Can they spot future wins and surface hard truths? 
Will they challenge the status quo? 

Great teams have a shared mission and the systems to compound.

MOMENTUM (Progress & Patterns)

16. What's our best improvement this quarter?
17. Where are we falling behind?
18. What problems keep returning?
19. Which changes worked best?
20. "What one change would help most?

What to listen for:
Do they build on wins or just move to the next thing? 
Will they flag real risks honestly? 
Can they spot systemic issues versus one-off problems? 

Great teams have direction and an unstoppable desire to improve.

Remember:

The secret isn't in asking the questions.
It's listening deeply to what follows.

Great questions reveal the truth.
Great leaders do something about it.

Helpful?

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The 20 Question to Lead Your Team

Sibel Terhaar

Author | Top 50 Most Impactful People on Linkedin | Founder of Chasing Kindness | TOP LinkedIn Voice

Sibel Terhaar is a KINDNESS activist, motivational influencer, and international author whose inspirational messages on social media have motivated and captured millions of hearts looking for Kindness in a challenging world.

The Business Anecdote magazine recognized her as their 2021 Influencer of the Year, and Sibel was one of the Top 50 Impactful People of LinkedIn in 2021. Sibel continues to be a positive and influential voice for those seeking a kinder world.

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Founder & CEO at LeadershipUp Magazine | Top 50 Most Influential Leaders of 2025 | Founder of Chasing Kindness | Best Selling Author

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Happy birthday, my sister Goddess Matula  ❤️ She is kind and loyal.

I’m not ready to write a memoir. 

My past is too heavy, too tragic, and I’m not ready to open those doors. Even thinking about it breaks my heart.

But I had a better idea. You know my books are best sellers. We can make this book so so BIG!❤️❤️❤️❤️

I want to write a book that celebrates 100 women — including pieces of my own story — women with strength, pain, kindness, survival, fire, softness… all of it.

If you’re a woman with a story the world needs to hear, or if you know one, tag her.

Tag yourself.
Tag your mother.
Tag your sister.
Tag your best friend.

This book will be for us — for the women who lived through things quietly and still stayed kind.

If you want to share your story, you can DM me or email me at leadershipup1@gmail.com.

All profits will go to charity, like St. Jude — we will decide the final organization together.

Are you in?
Let’s build something beautiful for the world. 💛

The Top 100 Most Influential Men of 2025 has officially been announced! 👏🎉🎉

Today, we’re celebrating International Men’s Day by revealing the Top 100 list — selected from over 9,000 nominees.

These are your choices… 💕

But honestly, I’ll admit—I cheated on about five percent of it. 😜
I had to sneak in a few of my personal favorites. I’m only human. 😄

This day is about honoring the men who showed up, stayed strong, supported others, grew, evolved, and kept their character steady even when life pushed hard. ❤️ I adore kind people, yes respect kind men a lot.👏

I can’t tag all 100 names here, but every single one will be listed in the comments, so no one is overlooked.

And yes… I’m fair.
We celebrated Women’s Day this year, and we’ll celebrate again in 2026. Balance always. 💕

Since some of my followers are in Australia and India, we’re posting this early. And those in Europe and the USA will wake up happy 😊

Tag the men who deserve to be seen.
Let the fun begin — big energy, big appreciation, big love.

Happy International Men’s Day, gentlemen. 🙌

#happyinternationalmensday #top100 #men #kindness #motivation #inspiration

I will mention rest on the comments.

Matt Higgins  
Gary Vaynerchuk  
Patrick Schwarzenegger 
Adam Danyal 
Jasmin Alić 
Cory Warfield 
Aidan Kehoe 
Chef Duane Keller 
Sören Müller 
Harvey Castro, MD, MBA. 
Professor Gary Martin FAIM 
Scott Isaacson 
Stanford Routt 
Linus Kujava 

Mark Cuban 
Frank Powers, PMP MBA 
Hollie Price 
Murat Aydin 
David Fessell, MD 
Chris Do 
Bobby Umar 
Pete Schramm 
Hanif Ajari 
Richard DiPilla 
❤️‍🔥 Dennis Pitocco  
Brett Scott Brody 
Dennis Berry 
Bo Porter 

Emmanuel Ugo Enemuoh 
Daymond John 
Pavan Sampath 
Sean Kelly 
Robert Alexander 
Alen Voskanian, MD, MBA, FAAHPM, FACHE 
Kevin Davis 
Matthew Baumgartner, MBA 
Paul L. Gunn Jr 
Mangesh Pawar 
Joseph Irving D'aranjo 
Craig Wasilchak 

The rest will be in comments.

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