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Build a business that does not depend entirely on you

Practical guidance on hiring, delegation, accountability, performance, communication, culture and founder leadership.

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Growth becomes difficult when every answer must come from the founder.

Founders often hire because they are overloaded, then remain the point through which every task and decision must pass. The problem may not be effort. It may be unclear roles, weak delegation, inconsistent communication or missing accountability.

People & Leadership helps entrepreneurs build healthier ways of working with their teams.

What sessions can cover

  • Deciding whom to hire and when
  • Role clarity and expectations
  • Interviewing and selection
  • Onboarding
  • Delegation without abandonment
  • Goals, reviews and accountability
  • Feedback and difficult conversations
  • Team communication
  • Manager development
  • Culture and behaviour
  • Conflict and trust
  • Reducing founder dependency
  • Onboarding a new hire properly in the first week
  • Appointment letters, policies and the basics of the new labour codes
  • Workplace complaints, including the internal committee the POSH Act requires of employers with ten or more employees
  • Stress and workload in a small team

Monthly HR clinic

Once a month an HR practitioner joins owners for a focused session on one people problem, followed by an open clinic where owners bring their own situations. Follow-up conversations check what each owner actually changed. It is practical guidance, not legal advice; anything with legal consequences should be confirmed with a professional.

Sessions you can pick from

Each has a page describing what it covers and how it runs. Run one, or several across a term.

Hiring Your First EmployeesThe decision that changes what the business is.See the sessionWorking On the Business, Not In ItDelegation, and the founder who is the bottleneck.See the sessionMonthly HR ClinicBring the people problem you are actually facing to an HR practitioner.See the sessionOnboarding a New HireThe first week decides more than the interview did.See the sessionWorkplace Complaints and POSH BasicsWhat the law asks of employers, and how to handle a complaint properly.See the sessionHow to Interview CandidatesAsking every candidate the same fair questions, and deciding on evidence rather than impression.See the sessionBuilding the Right TeamDeciding whom to hire, when, and for which work, before you write the advertisement.See the sessionDelegation for FoundersHanding work over properly, so it stays done and you stay informed.See the sessionSetting Employee ExpectationsTelling people clearly what the job is, what good looks like and how they will be judged.See the sessionEmployee AccountabilityMaking it normal to own results, and to say early when something will slip.See the sessionPerformance ReviewsHonest, regular conversations about how the work is going, without an HR department.See the sessionBuilding Workplace CultureCulture is what the owner does repeatedly, not what is written on the wall.See the sessionManaging ConflictDealing with disagreements between people at work before they harden into silence.See the sessionRetaining Good EmployeesUnderstanding why people leave, and what a small business can honestly offer to keep them.See the sessionHiring and Managing Interns and FreelancersUsing short-term and project help well, fairly and in writing.See the sessionHandling Poor PerformanceBefore you decide somebody is not good enough, check what they were actually asked to do.See the sessionDeveloping ManagersThe best salesperson or technician does not automatically become a good team leader.See the sessionFounder to LeaderThe habits that built the business are not always the habits that will grow it.See the sessionReducing Founder DependencyIf the business stops when you do, it is a job, not yet a business.See the sessionCommunicating Difficult DecisionsPeople can accept a hard decision. They find it harder to accept being the last to know.See the sessionSuccession ThinkingWho runs this business if you cannot, for a week, a year, or for good?See the sessionBuilding Leadership Capacity Beyond the FounderA business with one leader has one point of failure.See the sessionFounder ProductivityBusy is not the same as productive, and the founder's output is the whole business's output.See the sessionFounder Time ManagementA founder's calendar shows what the business is really being led by.See the sessionUnderstanding Your Business ModelHow your business really makes money, and whether the team understands it too.See the session

Who runs them

Sessions are run by people who do the work

Practitioners, not trainers. Nobody here is paid to speak.

Meet everyone
Ganesh H SGanesh H SFounder, Gully Future FoundationRanjitha RKRanjitha RKCo-Founder, Strategy & Product, Gully GroupHarveen KaurHarveen KaurCo-Founder & COO, Gully GroupAmruta MudakaviAmruta MudakaviFounder, 5th Quadrant ConsultingAnkita BMAnkita BMCo-founder, AggiCA Law AssociatesRajesh MRajesh MPM, Digital Application Engineering, Indiumsoft

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Before You Start

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How GullyFuture works

What each side brings

Most sessions are free for participants. Institutions provide the group and a suitable space. Contributors give their time and experience. GullyFuture shapes the format, coordinates the people and documents what happened.

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  • Approximate group size
  • City and institution or organisation
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You do not need to be famous or senior. You need relevant experience, the willingness to speak honestly, and respect for the no-selling rule.

You can contribute as a speaker, mentor, interviewer, reviewer, facilitator, host, partner or volunteer.

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What we record

Counted from what happened, never estimated.

  • Sessions completed
  • Participants reached
  • Contributors involved
  • Practice or feedback activities completed
  • Participant usefulness feedback
  • Follow-up actions and resources provided
  • Participants who later return as contributors
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Participation is free for students and individual participants unless a programme says otherwise. Speakers may explain their work, but a session is never a sales pitch.

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