Author, public speaker, and coach for managers and leaders across the tech industry.
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Topics: management, giving presentations, inclusion
Popular posts: First 1:1 questions, Desk moves, Running working groups, Team leader Venn diagram
Leadership Style Colors
Search for “leadership styles” on Google, and you’ll find lots of different articles describing the various types and numbers of leadership styles. Here are some examples of articles that say there are five, six, seven, eight, nine, and twelve leadership styles. (read more)
How to Facilitate a Working Group Meeting
This is where the magic happens. After you’ve laid all the ground work for organizing a working group (define ground rules, choose and invite attendees, plan your agenda arc, and communicate broadly), here’s what to do when you finally get your participants in the room together. (read more)
How to Organize a Working Group
I’ve been running a lot of working groups as part of my consulting practice, leveling up product and engineering organizations. (read more)
Meetup Architecture Principles
Our Goal: Empower Meetup engineers to build coherent, lasting architecture solutions. (read more)
Onsite Interview Loop Template
This post originally appeared on Making Meetup (read more)
Team Leader Venn Diagram
A tool for gaining a shared understanding of responsibilities (read more)
Manager Energy Drain
One of the most frequent questions I hear as I coach managers is, “How do I handle how tired I am as a manager?” (read more)
Dealing with your wage gap
“serious question: say you’re in HR and a woman comes to you with, my (male) coworker with same title/years of experience/performance rating is making 47k more than me. what are you supposed to do? what can you do?” - @amyngyn (read more)
When your manager isn't supporting you, build a Voltron
In my years of coaching managers and individual contributors, I’ve routinely heard the following complaints about their bosses: (read more)
Dealing with surprising human emotions: desk moves
Dealing with surprising human emotions is one of the most challenging aspects of being a manager. Generally, when someone appears triggered, or angry, or some other strong emotion that’s surprising, it’s likely that their amygdala has been hijacked, which I’ve written about before. Our amygdalas are in charge of our emotional reactions, and they’re critical to our “fight or flight” decisionmaking process. When our core needs feel threatened, our amygdala kicks into high gear. (read more)
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