What is leadership? Michael Lopp answers that question in his recent book, The Art of Leadership, by translating the soft skills of leadership into “Small Things, Done Well”, a set of concrete practices illustrated with stories that resonate with anybody who has navigated corporate environments. With 30 chapters split into sections for managers, directors, and…
Month: July 2020
How do you feel when you ask for help?” “” “I once took a coaching for managers workshop at Google, and the facilitator asked “Who likes to help people?” and everybody raised their hand. Then she asked “Who likes to ask for help?” and nobody raised their hand. And she just waited in silence for…
How do you feel when you ask for help?”
How do you feel when you ask for help? I once took a coaching for managers workshop at Google, and the facilitator asked “Who likes to help people?” and everybody raised their hand. Then she asked “Who likes to ask for help?” and nobody raised their hand. And she just waited in silence for us…
This article does a good job of laying out the different mindsets and skills needed on the way from being a rising product manager to becoming a product executive. I like how Nikhyl Singhal articulates the way in which decisions move from being made based on the mastery of details to being made based on the trust of the people with those details. It’s a totally different world and, as noted, what got you here won’t get you there. “
This article does a good job of laying out the different mindsets and skills needed on the way from being a rising product manager to becoming a product executive. I like how Nikhyl Singhal articulates the way in which decisions move from being made based on the mastery of details to being made based on…
How do you listen?”
How do you listen? I like this classification from Jennifer Garvey Berger: 1) Listening to win – listening to find something that I can use to prove my point and/or discredit yours 2) Listening to fix – listening only long enough to identify a problem I can solve or fix 3) Listening to learn –…
As we enter the second half of a bizarre and stressful 2020, I suggest taking a pause to celebrate what you have managed to get done so far this year (even if it’s just surviving all the insanity), and check in on your goals and aspirations for the remainder of the year.”
As we enter the second half of a bizarre and stressful 2020, I suggest taking a pause to celebrate what you have managed to get done so far this year (even if it’s just surviving all the insanity), and check in on your goals and aspirations for the remainder of the year. My personal celebration…
“Be unfailingly kind” is the last chapter in Michael Lopp’s book The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well. “
“Be unfailingly kind” is the last chapter in Michael Lopp’s book The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well. Parker Palmer’s response to “Does my life have meaning?” was the question “Are you kind?” When the same answer comes from a technology executive and an activist, I feel like it is expressing a deeper truth….
Do the work, and do it in public. “
Do the work, and do it in public. My coach said this to me, and I’ve found it a useful mantra to return to for myself and my clients. I interpret this as another way of saying What You Do is Who You Are, the title of Ben Horowitz’s book on culture – the actions…