Avoiding Employee Burnout: How to Help You & Your Team Thrive in Quarantine
Employee burnout is a common problem, especially with coronavirus causing massive change & disruption. Learn the challenges + how to prevent employee burnout.
How to Use Skip Level 1 on 1s to Majorly Improve Your Managers as a Senior Leader
Being a senior leader comes with challenges, one of those being keeping up with how your teams are doing. Learn how to use skip level meetings to do just that.
How to Get Status Updates Out of Your 1 on 1s (and what to focus on instead)
It's easy to fall into the habit of making your 1 on 1s about status updates and nothing else. But if you are, you're not using them to their full potential.
How to Do Layoffs Right: the step-by-step approach, even if you're doing them remotely
Layoffs are never easy. But you owe it to your team to lead them as best you can through these tough times. Learn how to do layoffs right.
12 Questions to Ask Your Team to Become a Better Coach at Work
Ever had a great manager that invested time in helping you grow and develop? It felt great to have a coach at work, didn't it? If not, chances are you taught yourself how to get better– whether that was your skills to be a great individual contributor or how to be a manager– through trial […]
3 Crucial Keys to Helping Your Team Transition to Remote Work Effectively
How do you transition to remote work well? Switching to remote work presents new challenges you may not be prepared for. We give you 3 key areas to focus on.
How to Develop More Empathy for Your Manager to Better Manage Up and Get What You Want
Being a manager can be an isolating job. That's why a useful way to better manage up is developing a little empathy for your manager and we show you how.
What to Expect In Your First One on One Meeting with an Employee
Looking to get started with one on ones? Here are some tips for what to expect in your first one on one meetings with an employee.
Why You Should Start Building Distributed Teams (or how to convince your company)
There are some big benefits to taking on your first remote employees. Learn why you should start building distributed teams:
Best of 2019: The 5 Most Popular Posts from the Lighthouse Blog This Year
What did you learn this year? What were your biggest challenges as a manager?
As we wrap up 2019, we take a look back at the posts that resonated most with managers like you.
Read on to find out what the most popular posts were, and you may find some great reading for during your holiday break and travels.