That sad, not particularly thoughtful gift with your name on it? That's how many people experience performance review season.

NewsletterJohnathan NightingaleDecember 13, 2023Melissa Nightingale, Johnathan Nightingale, Raw Signal Group, RSG, Worlds Best Newsletter, Management, Leadership, Management Training, Leadership Training, reflection, flexibility, performance, layoffs, power, managing up, feedback

I'll call you from the car

The important decisions you'll make as a boss — or a human — need to be made in the midst of very loud and poorly-timed chaos.

What to do with the muchness

Either, we're running as fast as we can toward clear targets. Or we're running as fast as we can without clear targets.

Peanut butter efficiency

Efficiency doesn't come from cutting people, it comes from cutting waste.

NewsletterJohnathan NightingaleMay 3, 2023Melissa Nightingale, Johnathan Nightingale, Raw Signal Group, RSG, Worlds Best Newsletter, Management, Leadership, Management Training, Leadership Training, reflection, layoffs

You can't stand under my umbrella

Staring down a difficult reality and finding your way to acceptance is hard enough. But having a manager conceal that reality from you makes acceptance impossible.

We don't know what we don't know

Lowering your shields enough to get to real questions is the hard part. But once you have those in hand, there are still a few other mistakes to avoid.

My milkshake brings all the orgs to the yard

Someone else's goals might be eloquently written, but that doesn't mean they matter to you. Someone else's values statement might seem so clear-eyed and attractive, but that doesn't make it yours.

The little con and the big con

This Quiet Quitting thing may be the topic du jour, but it's not universal. There are people out there doing engaged, enthusiastic work. There are organizations shining bright and without burning out. If you're sweating it, worried that it's happening with your team, here's our advice.

You don't want to drink that

Threats. Dismissiveness. Burnout. Micromanagement. Yelling. Every bad boss behaviour is going to come out of the woodwork in the next few months.

The Clapback

Anywhere your senior leaders are not giving their full-throated support to a thing, you should be prepared for a clapback.

NewsletterJohnathan NightingaleMay 18, 2022Melissa Nightingale, Johnathan Nightingale, Raw Signal Group, RSG, Worlds Best Newsletter, Management, Leadership, Management Training, Leadership Training, performance, power, community, connection, office perks, remote work, remote, layoffs

We didn't build *that* Better boss

People send us the links in part because, haha, you build better bosses. Here's the literal CEO of Better and seems like he could have used some management training. Hardy har har. But some of them also want to know, "Is this normal?" And if so, how often does this happen? And why?

NewsletterJohnathan NightingaleDecember 15, 2021Melissa Nightingale, Johnathan Nightingale, Raw Signal Group, RSG, Worlds Best Newsletter, Management, Leadership, Management Training, Leadership Training, COVID, COVID-19, burn out, hiring, layoffs

What do I tell my team?

Bosses are wondering, “What do I tell my team?” And tucked in it, another question. “What should someone be telling me? Cause no one is and I’m not comfortable winging something this big. I am way out of my depth.”

NewsletterJohnathan NightingaleMarch 25, 2020Melissa Nightingale, Johnathan Nightingale, Raw Signal Group, RSG, Worlds Best Newsletter, Management, Leadership, Management Training, Leadership Training, layoffs, burn out, uncertainty, leading through uncertainty

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