Tag: leadership

  • Ask Your Manager

    Ask Your Manager

    There are definitely times when being a manager is more stressful than not. See also: review season in general.

  • The Gist

    The Gist

    Context will tell us if the F-bombs were likely used in a “heck-yeah!” or a “what-the-heck?” sort of way.

  • Early Days

    Early Days

    Let’s say we’re still early in some ways and no longer early in other ways and we can all just get along.

  • You Should Build It

    You Should Build It

    Hmm. This project is like a thing your team has done before. You guys would probably already know what you’re doing.

  • This, Not This

    This, Not This

    Feels like I’m seeing the this/not this graph everywhere these days. So relatable.

  • Last Meeting of the Day

    Last Meeting of the Day

    Someone told me a story about the executive in their meeting being very generously willing to go over the scheduled time as it was their last meeting of the day, and they’re usually hard to get time with, but unfortunately that didn’t work for everyone.

  • Charming Leadership

    Charming Leadership

    This is nice to hear, because I don’t have much charm or personality, and I want more role models like this.

  • Being Purposeful

    Being Purposeful

    The important thing is to solve the problems.

  • Anteater

    Anteater

    So my sister tells us at a family gathering how she ate an ant and it turns out that they are sour and our dad adds very emphatically: “Oh yeah, ants are sour.” Excuse me, sir, were we just supposed to know that you already knew the flavor profile of ants?

  • Mixed Messages

    Mixed Messages

    But in all seriousness, at least try using AI for something, yeah?