Run it like a business
March 5, 2025
You should have just said “run it badly.”
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What to do about time goblins
January 8, 2025
The core theory any time any organization hires anyone — employee, intern, contractor, law firm, outside agency — is leverage.
I do not think it means what you think it means
November 27, 2024
Attaching the word performance to something doesn’t automatically make it a good idea.
That afternoon headache is a sign
June 26, 2024
It’s invisible and it’s tricky and it involves things you didn’t think you had to care about before, but air is a thing you can act on.
I don’t really have anything this week
May 29, 2024
There’s a difference between surviving and thriving.
You already know how your year is going
January 24, 2024
So much of being an effective operator is noticing problems early, because groups react differently to problems early on.
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.
If it’s urgent, call my cell
December 27, 2023
We tell bosses that if they choose management as a career, every aspect of the human condition will at some point show up for someone they manage.
What to do with a gift you can’t return
December 13, 2023
That sad, not particularly thoughtful gift with your name on it? That’s how many people experience performance review season.
Still uncool, but finally useful
November 15, 2023
A great performance review is not an evaluation conversation, it’s an alignment conversation.
Standing alone at a cocktail party
May 17, 2023
So much of the hard work of management is unsexy. Unglamorous. It is a grind, and often thankless. And nowhere is this more true than in performance reviews.
Peanut butter efficiency
May 3, 2023
Efficiency doesn’t come from cutting people, it comes from cutting waste.
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