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Sep 3, 2021 · original
California Hotel , by Sonny Abesamis , CC BY 2.0 September 10 update: as it turns out, the following post turned out to be a draft of the first email I sent out via a new-to-me newsletter provider. You may read the more refined piece over at the new home for my newsletter On Management , where I do most of my bloggity writing these days . Last night I dreamt that my email newsletter, On Management was (already) up and running on Ghost. I haven’t published in a little over a month. I’ve been running email newsletters on and off since the late 1990s. Originally, from my email client, RIP Eudora. In the late 00s, I sent out quarterly notes, using Constant Contact. There was a curation experiment in the early ‘10s, RIP Bitly Bundles. I’ve published evolving iterations of On Management since 2015. I’ve used Mailchimp, Substack, and Buttondown. The tl;dr is that I’m moving my newsletter to Gho
You’ve got to be better
Aug 11, 2020 · original
This is a lightly edited version of a piece that originally appeared in my newsletter, Summer Reading 2020: On Management #44 . If you’re reading this, you may be in tech, media, VC, not-for-profit, higher education, government, or beyond. Maybe you lead a team, HR, an organization — or you own a business. You’re probably in the US, Canada, the UK, or Australia. Or not. Hello. I usually feel competent to share information that’s widely useful, based on experience and what I’m seeing Out There. Right now, I have little sense for any sort of universal experience. Even here in the US. Even in my close cohort. Some are safely working remotely, maybe challenged by home-work boundaries and child care. Others have been pressured to return to workplaces that may not be safe . They’ve been let go, or work in organizations that are subject to rolling layoffs. Some are in job-search mode. Others ha
Making the Most of New Manager Training
Feb 4, 2020 · original
An earlier version of this piece first appeared in Slowness, Speed and Structure: On Management #31 ; I’ve made some minor edits. You can subscribe to my newsletter here . So, you’re going to a manager training. You may/may not be stoked. How can it be a success? Spoiler alert: set some goals, for yourself. That said, let’s start with your organization’s goals. Here’s a not-secret about management development programs. The list of skills you need to learn, and master over time, is not long. On theme with my chat with Bethany Crystal : this list is not evolving terribly fast. This stuff is not brain surgery. “Setting mission-aligned goals, using 1:1s to create relationship and accountability, giving actionable feedback, developing and coaching team members, and so forth .” (- one of my own recent descriptions of best practices * ) When your bosses send you to training , tbh, they aren’t a
Labor Day, 2019: Vocational Awe
Sep 3, 2019 · original
Ok, yesterday was actually Labor Day. I took the day off. Now that I’m “blogging” at my newslette r, this space has become a bit ghost-towny. I’ve decided to occasionally share some of the newsletter posts here, too. “Vocational awe and (short)changing the world,” first appeared in Minimum Viable Passion: On Management #37 . I’ve edited the original piece slightly for clarity. You can subscribe to the free newsletter here . And if you don’t buy into it, if you’re one of those people who say, “Well wait a minute. Yes, my job is important. Yes, I really care about my career, but I also want to have a family. I also want to engage in a robust personal life.” Then…you become someone who is seen as less effective, solely because you’re quote-unquote “less passionate” about your job. And if you’re seen as less passionate, and therefore seen as less effective, well, then there’s no room for pro
Summer Reading (On #Management #29)
Jul 14, 2018 · original
My summer reading list is topped by two (not-quite) thrillers about secrets, lies, and workplace culture, and I write about them in Issue 29 of my newsletter, which goes out to subscribers starting on July 15. Everyone seemed to be reading Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in Silicon Valley ( library ). I discovered Ranger Games ( author’s site ) ( library ) via a blog post by its author. Sometimes the books I’m reading seem to talk with one another. I love that. If friction between culture, ethical choices, and free will interest you — and it should — Ranger Games and Bad Blood both explore workplaces where something has gone off the rails. … In On Management #29 , I also talk with Orbital founder Gary Chou and entrepreneur/developer Kirsten Lambertsen about their favorite books about work. Neither of which turned out to actually be a book, which was fine by me. As previously noted , much of
Engaging with Change (On #Management, #28)
Jun 29, 2018 · original
When I was more actively blogging, I wrote about Michael Lewis’ Moneyball, as a lesson in hiring . I recently re-read Moneyball , and watched the film again, too. This time, I took away lessons about change at work. And I wrote about it in my most recent newsletter. Here’s an excerpt. “…people didn’t want to change. Players were comfortable in the status quo, even when it was painful to be on a losing team. Scouts and coaches told Beane it wouldn’t work, that they knew better. Others said, “Yes, ok” to his face, and then kept doing what they wanted to do. (The worst.) Some who couldn’t get on board had to go. After they left, they weren’t quiet: they took their opinions to the press. Ever find out that a former employee is still trying to exert influence by whispering negative things to your team? Change is hard. The film also shows, subtly, that you can’t go it alone. You need support f
Training Day (On #Management, #27)
May 6, 2018 · original
“If you read about learning at work, you may come across “70-20-10.” 70% of learning comes from experience. 20% from other people. And, 10% from formal training and coursework. Or so they say. 70-20-10 is likely more an aphorism than a fact of math. That said, its intuitive appeal aligns with academic discussion of deliberate practice as a prerequisite to expertise. (AKA the 10,000 Hour Rule.) We expect training to change minds, and behaviors. That’s a heavy lift. You probably know from experience that training isn’t a silver bullet. Every MBA is not a good people manager. QED. …” Thus begins Issue #27 of my newsletter, which also includes the rebooted/re-edited audio of my conversation with diversity and inclusion expert Juliette Austin , of FrankEvans Consulting , and the rest of this article. To read on about what you can do, personally, to level up the impact of training efforts, and
Dead Reckoning
Dec 30, 2017 · original
To reckon is count, estimate, or compute. Or to consider. In the cascade of media coverage on workplace harassment, “reckoning” has emerged as a word, or maybe the word, to describe this moment. The word acknowledges that we’re not done yet, though: we’re in more than a moment. Dead reckoning is a navigator’s iterative calculation process used to estimate location. Given information believed to be certain, like starting point, distance traveled, and speed, a navigator can calculate a ship’s dead reckoning position, or fix. Per the American Practical Navigator , dead reckoning’s “ …most important use is in projecting the ship’s position in the immediate future and avoiding hazards to navigation…. ( continued in my December, 2017 newsletter ) For the last 2+years, I’ve been experimenting with sending my work out to a more targeted audience. If you’d like to read my entire take on “reckonin
Does Your Organization Does Need a Code of Conduct?
Nov 7, 2017 · original
Leaders frequently refer to mission and values as though they are fully realized operating systems. And when you’ve done the work, they can be. Often, they’re a bit intangible. Values are more than what you say you believe. They’re what you actually do : what you allow, and what you hold people responsible for enacting. I’ve written about this before , so won’t go on and on here. Codes of conduct address behavior and action; at best, they allow people to recognize the embodiment of values. And when values are being violated. There’s a deeper dive in my October/November newsletter , where I talked with Jed Schmidt , one of the founders of Brooklyn JS . Here’s a teaser for our conversation. The audio will be available in the newsletter, which goes out in mid-November. You’re invited! Photo: Knights , by Brad from Flickr, used under CC2.0 license .
Block Angel
Oct 7, 2017 · original
The word “ire” doesn’t describe my feelings about several accounts I read yesterday of a powerful man’s (allegedly) horrendous treatment of young, talented, ambitious women in the workplace. What struck my heart hardest was a remark by filmmaker Karen Katz , also called out in a piece by Rebecca Traister , “We were so young at the time…We did not understand how wrong it was or how Laura should deal with it.” Whatever my emotion was last night, this morning it has annealed. Growing up in suburban Chicago in the 70s, there were PTA “Block Angels.” Women posted signs in their front windows — as I recall, the image was a blue and white icon of an angel. The sign meant that if you were hurt or scared, even if you didn’t know the mom, you could ring the doorbell and get help. If you’re reading this blog post, you probably know me. Or you know someone who knows me. The tech/startup community is

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