Management & Leadership

the most visionary and effective leaders I've worked with have two seemingly disparate skill sets 1/tastefully guiding strategy and pointing attention towards the right things ta the 30k foot level 2/meticulously getting in the weeds to edit/perfect at the 1 inch level

I spoke to an ex Shopify employee today. He told me about what employees call a “Toby Tornado”. It made me appreciate Toby Lutke (CEO) even more. It goes like this: Toby follows random Slack channels across the company. He would sometimes drop a message in one of them and tell everyone that the project they’re collaborating on is canceled. Why? He... See more

Jeff Bezos: the most senior person at a meeting should speak last https://t.co/fcEJIiH2q3

The 37signals Guide to Internal Communication The how, where, why, and when we communicate. Long form asynchronous? Real-time chat? In-person? Video? Verbal? Written? Via email? In Basecamp? How do we keep everyone in the loop without everyone getting tangled in everyone else’s business? It’s all in here. Rules of thumb, and general philosophy B... See more

🎾 You're not "a top down dictator, but as a consensus builder amongst all the stakeholders, breaking a tie when necessary."

Here's the template I use whenever I need to delegate something. It's yours to copy/use/steal. https://t.co/lCvAiAqTc0

I’m obsessed with great leadership. But when I was young, I wasted years and opportunities not knowing what great leadership looked like. Learn from my mistakes. 21 clear signals you have a great leader:

One of the best and most challenging lists I've seen of unhealthy vs. healthy leadership. It's in the context of pastoral leadership, but applies to any organization.

Full text from Jack Dorsey to Block employees via Insider: I want us to build a culture of excellence. Excellence in service to our customers, excellence in our craft, excellence in our respective disciplines, and excellence to each other. We want to help everyone achieve… Show more

The way that Jensen Huang runs Nvidia is wild: 40 direct reports, no 1:1s - Believes that the flattest org is the most empowering one, and that starts with the top layer - Does not conduct 1:1s - everything happens in a group setting - Does not give career advice - "None of my… Show more