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Director means something

January 10, 2024

And pretending it’s a title or a pay bump without a new set of responsibilities is a disservice to everyone.

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Bad advice you shouldn’t take

Resignations. Competitive talent markets. The structure of the org chart. All of these things can feel bigger than you, as an individual leader trying to get things done in your organization. We get that. But be skeptical of any advice that takes them as fixed.

Nice, nice, very nice

October 16, 2024

The longer you’re in a culture of niceness and side-channels and things left unsaid, the more you have to wonder about the conversations happening out of earshot.

This will only take a minute

March 8, 2023

You can’t live in hypervigilance. Well, let’s rephrase that. You can, it’s possible. But it’s unpleasant to be around someone who has stayed in that state for too long.

You’ve changed

September 7, 2022

The solution is to acknowledge and process the change. To integrate it and come back to something newly coherent. And the way you do that is reflection.

The donuts aren’t working

April 6, 2022

We’re hearing from the bosses and people and culture teams asked to implement the Bums-in-Seats directive. Even when they, themselves, are skeptical.

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