Scaling Teams Without Losing Performance (Leadership & Remote Reality)

What do you do when a team slows down, but the targets keep going up? In this episode of The Squared Table, Victor sits down with Luke Todd to unpack the real reasons teams stall in iGaming, and why “more tools” is rarely the answer. They talk about how good leaders actually behave day to day, when to grow people from within vs hire from outside, and how to make a new hire useful in their first 60 days, even in a remote, AI-heavy setup. If you’re leading a team and feel something is “off” but can’t name it, this one will help you put words (and actions) to it.

Victor and Luke dig into how to spot the first signs a team is slowing down, how managers can balance checking on the work with checking on the human, what real 1:1s should look like, and why some “fun” rituals help while others just waste time, they break down the boss vs leader cliché, talk about using AI as a coworker instead of a threat, and walk through how to decide between promoting someone inside the team or hiring from outside; plus how to set clear expectations so a new hire knows exactly what “good” looks like in their first months.