Can't Stop the Growth CSTG 251: Avoidance Is Not Leadership with Andrew Hasty
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Feb 24, 2026 Andrew Hasty, COO at Peterman Brothers and leadership trainer, uses vivid World War I stories to challenge passive management. He discusses why avoiding hard conversations erodes culture. Short, punchy lessons cover adapting leadership as companies scale, holding standards with empathy, and how leaders set team morale in chaotic times.
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Enforce Culture Over Individual Performance
- Don't protect high performers who damage culture; enforce standards even when it's uncomfortable.
- Hasty explains letting top producers go for bad attitudes preserved culture and produced boomerang hires later.
Address Misalignment Early
- Address misalignment early before small issues compound into major culture problems.
- Andrew Hasty warns that what you tolerate quietly becomes what you manage loudly later, using early conflict resolution to prevent bigger crises.
Scaling Multiplies Complexity
- Growth increases complexity far faster than linear scaling, so systems and leadership must evolve proactively.
- Andrew Hasty cites Jonathan Bancroft: when you double in size, complexity increases by a factor of 12, demanding new processes.