Boss: “You’re doing a great job with your team!” You: “Thanks!” Boss: “You don’t mind if we go ahead and put a few more people on your team, right?” You: “Umm….” Whether this is a conversation you have in your head or one that’s happened to you in talking to your boss, you know the […]
Do you know what your weaknesses are? How are your personal weaknesses reflected in your team? And what do you need to do to start working through those weaknesses to become a better leader? I sat down with Brian Wang, a Silicon Valley based executive coach at Dashing Leadership, to talk about overcoming weaknesses, how […]
“Do you have good, leading indicators of culture?” I was emailing with an investor recently discussing how so many have written about the value of culture, yet it often goes un-discussed by boards until there are Uber-level problems. They told me the only indicator they had was to watch for turnover. Unfortunately, by the time […]
Do you know what you’re talking about in your next 1-on-1 with each of your team members? What about next week? Next month? How do you change your 1-on-1s for different team membership? What if they’re on a leadership track vs. being an individual contributor? Every 1-on-1 is different. There are no hard-line rules for […]
When you’re managing a new team, there’s a lot of uncertainty. What do they think of you? Will everyone get along? How was their last manager? Are they a talented team? Starting anything new is always hard, and when you involve multiple other people, personalities, and habits, it ups the difficulty level significantly. As a […]
When something goes wrong, where do you look? If you’re a good manager, you start by looking in the mirror. You ask yourself how you contributed to the problem, no matter what. As a leader, you’re accountable for everything that happens with your team: This is an essential lesson for founders, as well as any […]
If you’ve ever had a frustrating boss, you know how true it is: People leave managers, not companies. … but that doesn’t mean the responsibility lies entirely on your boss to make you love your job. You play a part in managing the relationship between you and your manager. Put another way, this is what […]
In their “The State of the American Manager” study, Gallup found that half (50%) of all Americans have left a job to “get away from their manager at some point in their career.” We’ve said it before, but it begs repeating: employees leave managers, not companies. And a bad manager can make employees leave in […]
What are your habits like? Are there areas of your life you’d like to improve in? Have you fallen off of something you were once really consistent with? I sat down with Mikey Ahdoot, co-founder of habit journal startup Habit Nest, recently and asked him to shed light on the keys to building healthy habits. […]
Are you prepared to manage remote employees? You may be excited to take on your first remote team members– maybe an existing employee is going remote– but are you familiar with the challenges that come with it? According to Matthew Hollingsworth, the Director of Operations at We Work Remotely, remote work is the future: “Now […]
