What is the value in having regular one on ones? Are they useful for remote teams? And what can you do if you’re a remote employee who feels like your manager doesn’t really engage with you enough? What can you do jump-start your own one on ones and stay in the loop? Recently, I was […]
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 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 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. […]
What’s your company culture like? Are your employees happy? Are they engaged? Do they feel appreciated? Or is your team built on a weak, crumbling foundation, barely holding together a team with low morale? It’s common for founders to, intentionally or not, wreck their own company culture. The hard part is they often don’t even […]
Are you mindful as a leader? Do you know what it means to practice mindfulness? “I think of mindfulness as the ability not to be yanked around by your own emotions,” says Dan Harris, ABC Nightline anchor and author of 10 Percent Happier. “That can have a big impact on how you are in the […]
Rapport is the foundation of any great relationship. Having something in common with another person instantly builds a connection that makes us human; we have big brains because humans are social creatures designed to build and maintain many relationships so we can work together. Why it’s so important to build rapport with your team Unfortunately, […]
