Good tips. [HBR On Leadership] The “Hidden Blockers” That Are Limiting Your Leadership Potential #hbrOnLeadership https://podcastaddict.com/hbr-on-leadership/episode/210545055 via @PodcastAddict
From the start a great piece. “In 2015 Google’s parent company Alphabet retired the old motto, now substituting for it “Do the right thing.” The old motto was better. Negation has advantages that positive assertions lack. Our First Amendment, for… Read More »The Evilization of Google—And What to Do About It
I learned that some managers punish their team leaders if their IC contributions are lower, instead of punishing them if their team management is lagging. This does not make sense to me. You are having a TL to help you… Read More »Evaluating Team Leaders
This. “There’s no meeting. No Slack ping. No “Hey, heads up, your gold stars just became red flags.”You just start getting weird feedback.You get passed over.You hear someone less experienced praised for doing the thing you were just told to… Read More »How Senior Engineers Lose Trust
Is it talent tough or some stuff from earlier in life? Some basics missed? “I tend to think of social norms as contracts bargained between different groups. In the case of attitudes towards intelligence, those two groups are smart people… Read More »The Parable Of The Talents
War is more complicated than shown in movies. “Victory, then, is not always the annihilation of enemy forces—it is the collapse of the enemy’s will to resist.” https://mwi.westpoint.edu/a-clausewitzian-lens-on-modern-urban-warfare/
I was reading this article and a toxic coworker persona immediately came to my mind. The kind of colleague who will spit bullshit with confidence, cause issues and never take responsibility, the kind of guy who will be kissing ass… Read More »Are LLMs Just Toxic Coworkers?
I have read and heard many times, that many of the psychological issues we have as people come from thinking too much about ourselves. If we focus more on our community, work, tasks, then we have less mental issues. I… Read More »Being Consumed by Oneself
I do not agree with all, but there is wisdom in all of them. “Most social norms have no consequences when you break them. People who’ve figured this out keep saying “you can just do things” because it’s true. Society… Read More »50 Things I Know
“Martin Seligman’s research (1967, 1975) demonstrated that individuals exposed to uncontrollable outcomes eventually cease trying. In workplaces, this sounds like constant negativity: “Nothing will ever change.”Example: After years of ignored feedback, an employee criticises every new policy. The complaint is… Read More »How can I deal with a team member who is always complaining?