The Unicorn Library

Educational resources for people teams, managers and employees

E-Books

The 6 Levels of Unicorn Leadership

Learn How to Build a High-Performing Team that Help Scale Your Company.
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New Manager Playbook

Best-practices from successful management training courses at hundreds of high-growth companies to help you kickstart your own program.
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Career Conversations

A guide to facilitate career development for learning, growth, and fulfilment.
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Co-Founder Conflict Resolution: A Founder's Playbook

Co-founder conflict resolution starts with fixing the system, not the fight. A founder's playbook for decision rights, hard talks, and staying aligned.
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Leadership Team Coaching: When One Coach Isn't Enough

Leadership team coaching develops your exec team as a unit, not one leader at a time. Here's what it is, when a startup needs it, and what it costs.
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13 Best Emotional Intelligence Books for Leaders (2026)

The 13 best emotional intelligence books for leaders in 2026, ranked by leadership coaches for real impact on how you manage and grow your team.
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Supervisor vs. Manager vs. Leader: Key Differences Explained (2026)

Supervisor, manager, or leader: the differences affect who you hire, promote, and develop. A clear breakdown with real-world examples for growing teams.
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Executive Coaching vs Leadership Coaching: Which One Does a Founder Actually Need?

Executive coaching vs leadership coaching: the real difference, what each costs, and a simple framework to decide which one your startup actually needs.
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Scaling Leadership: Grow Leaders as Fast as Headcount

Scaling leadership development is the discipline of growing leaders as fast as you grow headcount. Here's how tech companies build a bench before they need it.
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Leadership Consulting for Scale-Ups: When You Need It

Leadership consulting for scale-ups: what it includes, what it costs, and the signals that tell you it's time to bring in outside help.
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Succession Planning for Scale-Ups: Build a Leadership Bench

Succession planning is not just for the CEO. Here is how scaling tech companies build a leadership bench before a key departure becomes a crisis.
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Span of Control: How Many Direct Reports Should You Have?

What is the right span of control? The research-backed number of direct reports a manager can lead well, and how to fix a team that is stretched too thin.
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Skip-Level Meetings: Run Them Without Undermining Managers

Skip-level meetings give leaders ground truth without going around their managers. Here is how to run them, what to ask, and the mistakes that erode trust.
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Executive Coaching for Startups: Is It Worth It?

Executive coaching for startups is not a luxury or a vanity hire. Here is when it actually pays off, what the ROI looks like, and how to know you are ready.
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Scaling Leadership: How Founders Build Real Leaders

Scaling leadership is the founder's hardest job. Learn how to shift from doing to multiplying, build a layer of leaders, and stop being the bottleneck.
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