Management & Leadership
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Management & Leadership
- Smaller teams are better
- Faster decisions, fewer meetings, more fun
- No need to chop up work for political reasons
Nat Friedman • Nat Friedman
When you start managing someone, use your 1:1s in the first couple of weeks to understand their Context. Most new managers focus solely on Content (projects/goals/blockers). But Context + Content lets you move faster from Rapport to Credibility to Trust.
Example 1:1 questions:
Shreyas Doshitwitter.comThriving in Changing Markets
joincolossus.comBeing a great manager is easy.
All you have to do is be vulnerable but unflappable, care about people but put the business first, balance competing interests of your team and your boss, obsess over numbers but be a great storyteller, empower your team but give clear direction…
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A good change leader never thinks, “Why are these people acting so badly? They must be bad people.” A change leader thinks, “How can I set up a situation that brings out the good in these people?
Dan Heath • Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
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.
I'm consistently surprised by how the single act of doing this as an eng manager or product manager makes incredible waves:
Send an email explaining what your team did the past 1-2 weeks, what your plans are for the next period, blockers & lessons learned.
Every. Single. Time.
Gergely Orosztwitter.com