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The 2-Week Vacation Test for Engineers and Managers
on newsletter.eng-leadership.com
Are you sharing knowledge with others, or are you becoming a bottleneck? Here's how to find out! Taking time off is essential, regardless of your role. Even a CTO needs a break. This is why it's important and how you can prepare for it.
How to Lead an All-Hands After Delivering Bad News
on hbr.org
Leading a meeting to deliver bad news requires a careful balance between acknowledging the situation and allowing for a sense of optimism. Your words and tone can either provide comfort or increase stress. It’s important to find strategies that help you strike this balance. Additionally, avoid scheduling other meetings immediately after the all-hands meeting, and make sure to stay available for individual conversations. This article shows you how.
3 reasons you should tell your coworkers how much money you make
on www.fastcompany.com
Discussing money at work can be taboo. Here are reasons to consider it and strategies for how to approach the topic!
6 Mistakes Leaders Make When Announcing Layoffs
on hbr.org
Layoffs are trauma-inducing for an organization and its employees. When handled badly, some never fully recover. Leaders make six common mistakes when communicating layoffs: 1) They’re not transparent about the state of the business; 2) They’re not clear on the path forward; 3) They don’t get the tone right; 4) They don’t offer remaining employees the opportunity to ask questions; 5) They don’t bring middle management on board; and 6) They don’t show appreciation to departing employees.
The Right Way to Fire Someone
on hbr.org
You’ve decided it’s time to let the low performer on your team go. You’ve covered your bases in terms of documentation, and you’ve coordinated with HR. But now you have to have the dreaded conversation. What’s the best way to deliver the news? Who should be in the room with you? What do you say and not say? And how do you tell the rest of the team?
The Hidden Traps in Decision Making
on hbr.org
Bad decisions often stem from flawed decision-making processes, such as unclear alternatives, insufficient information, or inaccurate cost-benefit analysis. However, the issue can also lie in the decision maker's mindset. Get back to the article from 1998 discussing eight psychological traps that can impact business decisions. And learn how to overcome them. Make better decisions.
When Your Layoff Anxiety Won’t Go Away
on hbr.org
Excessive worry about job security is a common work-related anxiety. But sometimes, fears about losing a job go beyond the tangible anxieties of economic uncertainty; other times, they are related to deeper fears and insecurities in ourselves. A clinical psychologist at an anxiety specialty clinic outlines five common scenarios—insecurity, catastrophizing, need for certainty, perfectionism, and people-pleasing—and offers strategies for overcoming them and managing emotions.
When Picking a New CEO, Ask Them for a Growth Plan
on hbr.org
Corporate boards often rely on backward-looking data when selecting CEOs, leading to flawed decisions. To improve the selection process, boards should ask candidates to create a growth plan that outlines their vision for the company’s future, providing a structured and comparative look at their strategic thinking.
To Make Your Workplace Fairer, Take Charge of Its Norms
on hbr.org
You won't find workplace norms in the employee handbook, but they shape how things actually get done. From how promotions happen to how meetings are run, unspoken expectations influence behavior-and in uncertain times, clear norms matter more than ever. If you want a fairer culture, you need to help define what “normal” should be.
When You Are Asked to Meet Impossible Goals
on hbr.org
When change is a constant, employees are now experiencing five times more planned change initiatives than they did just a decade ago. Add unrealistic goals, and the result is predictable: disengagement, burnout, and a sharp decline in execution—in short, widespread change fatigue. Leaders who take on impossible goals don’t do it because they lack judgment—they do it because pushing back feels risky to them. The real leadership skill is not figuring out how to do it all; it’s knowing when and how to push back. That’s where strategic refusal comes in. Strategic refusal is a structured method to force prioritization and push back on unrealistic demands that jeopardize team productivity, morale, or well-being. The idea isn’t to avoid responsibility, but rather to protect the team, maintain long-term performance, and ensure sustainable outcomes—all while safeguarding your reputation.
Coordination Crisis in Modern Tech Work
on newsletter.eng-leadership.com
Over 50% reported spending 25–50% of their week on “work about work”. What is the root cause of it? How can we improve that? Can AI help? Do people managers help and what is the role of executives?
Get Clearer, More Actionable Feedback
on hbr.org
This article offers strategies and scripts you can use to get more specific, tactical direction from your manager. The better you get at translating feedback from abstract to actionable, the more effectively you can deliver results.
4 Styles of Coaching—and When to Use Them
on hbr.org
People often believe they’re coaching when they’re actually just giving instructions. So what is coaching and how do you get better at it? Effective coaching involves knowing when to ask questions and guide your employees and when to step back and let them own the decision-making. This framework helps leaders navigate their coaching style and understand the importance of adapting different coaching styles to varying situations and fostering employees’ self-sufficiency.
How to stop over-apologizing when it is not needed
on www.linkedin.com
🚨 Stop Apologizing All the Time 🚨 How to Stop Saying Sorry When You Don’t Need To For years, I found myself apologizing for things I didn’t need to. - Asking a question? “Sorry, quick question…” - Walking past someone? “Sorry, just squeezing by…” - Taking a well-deserved break? “Sorry, I need a minute…” Then it hit me: Over-apologizing doesn’t make you nicer or more likeable; it makes you easier to dismiss. Here are 21 ways to cut back on saying “sorry” and sound more confident!
Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge
on www.amazon.com
Do you feel vulnerable to the whims of your boss, peers, or internal politics, pushing through each day with a nagging undercurrent of anxiety? Maybe you’re micromanaged, interrupted in meetings, saddled with busy work, or overlooked for career opportunities. But what if you could subtly teach those above you to value your ideas and treat you with respect—without ever changing your job title? This is an indispensable guide to navigating power dynamics, building effective relationships with higher-ups, and earning more authority, freedom, and confidence at work—from one of today’s “most innovative career coaches” (Insider).
59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
on www.amazon.com
A psychologist and best-selling author presents a myth-busting response to the self-help movement, offering tips and techniques to enhance your life based on scientific research. Richard Wiseman has been concerned by the realization that the self-help industry often promotes practices that undermine motivation, harm relationships, and stifle creativity—essentially achieving the opposite of what it promises. In his book, he challenges this trend by compiling scientific insights that can assist you in transforming your life in under a minute. He provides guidance on becoming more decisive, imaginative, engaged, and, ultimately, happier.
Úvod do neštěstí
on www.databazeknih.cz
Kultovní kniha amerického psychologa rakouského původu značné části čtenářů ukáže, v kolika disciplínách aspiruje na nešťastníka a jak se v nich zdokonalit. Metody jsou to jednoduché, hojně užívané a člověku se dostane podrobného návodu, jak na to. Vše je odkoukáno z praxe a ověřeno.
The Path to Managing Managers
on www.developing.dev
James Stanier, an engineering director at Shopify, shared insights on the transition to managing managers. This topic is particularly interesting because managers' career growth and strategy differ significantly from that of early individual contributors. His post offers valuable advice for anyone preparing to make the leap into management.
HBR On Leadership: Lessons from Maggie Lena Walker’s Entrepreneurial Leadership
on hbr.org
In this episode, Harvard Business School senior lecturer Tony Mayo traces Walker’s approach to leadership as she became the first female bank president in America. You’ll learn how she led the turnaround of the Order of St. Luke by cutting costs, increasing membership, and launching new businesses that catered to unmet needs in Richmond’s Black community. You’ll also learn how Walker relied on her personal networks and deep local roots to overcome challenges rooted in systemic racism throughout her career.
The Right Way to Manage Emotions on Your Team
on hbr.org
This is a conversation on handling uncomfortable situations. Many managers don’t know what to say when a team member appears angry, frustrated, or sad. They might even feel it is unprofessional to acknowledge those feelings at all. However, research shows that avoidance is costly. Teams perform better when their leaders respond effectively to members’ emotions.
How to develop EQ as an engineer or a manager
on newsletter.eng-leadership.com
People with high EQ are often great team players, great collaborators and overall great people to work with. This is how and you can develop EQ.
This Is How You’re Eroding Accountability
on staysaasy.com
Accountability is the only way that anything gets done at scale. Here are some ways that smart people screw up accountability on their teams, often despite the best of intentions – and what to do about them.
Unpopular Defaults for High-Performing Tech Organizations
on avivbenyosef.com
This article challenges conventional tech leadership practices by proposing six counterintuitive principles. Aviv argues against common practices like nano teams, hackathons, etc.The main message is that popular management approaches often lead to mediocrity, and leaders should focus on building resilient, innovative teams even if it means making unpopular decisions.
How to be a better manager to Gen Z
on www.fastcompany.com
Gen Z workers are often misunderstood. However, there are steps you can take to better understand, and support, Gen Z. As the number of Gen Zers entering the workforce climbs by the day, the conversation has been dominated by how to acclimate these passionate individuals into an ever-changing workplace. And yet, when we talk about Gen Z, they continue to be misunderstood and underestimated.
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