Shorts

Three Sources of Conflict And Tension

So much conflict and tension of work comes back to three things that I have struggled with in my own career as a founder and executive and that I now regularly help my clients overcome.

Making Your Team’s Decisions Better

It’s easy to get frustrated when your team is making decisions you don’t agree with. They’re picking the wrong tools, the wrong level of complexity, or decide to do that rewrite despite the unpredictable effort and likely ballooning scope.

How Can I Change a Culture of Anomymous Feedback?

When I ask my team for feedback, should I allow them to submit anonymously? Especially when asking for potentially critical feedback or hoping you’ll find out how teams and projects are doing, this is a tricky question.

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Coaching

Three Sources of Conflict And Tension

So much conflict and tension of work comes back to three things that I have struggled with in my own career as a founder and executive and that I now regularly help my clients overcome.

Making Your Team’s Decisions Better

It’s easy to get frustrated when your team is making decisions you don’t agree with. They’re picking the wrong tools, the wrong level of complexity, or decide to do that rewrite despite the unpredictable effort and likely ballooning scope.

Navigating the Different Personas of a CTO

“What are you going to do once I’ve joined?” is what a candidate asked me when I hired a VP Engineering. As CTO, I couldn’t give my team the attention they needed, being many timezones away from most of them.

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CTO

Making Your Team’s Decisions Better

It’s easy to get frustrated when your team is making decisions you don’t agree with. They’re picking the wrong tools, the wrong level of complexity, or decide to do that rewrite despite the unpredictable effort and likely ballooning scope.

Navigating the Different Personas of a CTO

“What are you going to do once I’ve joined?” is what a candidate asked me when I hired a VP Engineering. As CTO, I couldn’t give my team the attention they needed, being many timezones away from most of them.

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Feedback

How Can I Change a Culture of Anomymous Feedback?

When I ask my team for feedback, should I allow them to submit anonymously? Especially when asking for potentially critical feedback or hoping you’ll find out how teams and projects are doing, this is a tricky question.

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