Teams
The one-on-one is not a status meeting
If you spend your weekly one-on-ones reviewing task lists, you are wasting the most valuable half hour on your calendar.
Decisions
Decide how you will decide before the meeting starts
Most frustrating meetings are not about the decision. They are about nobody knowing who makes it, or how.
Communication
Feedback that lands: specific, soon and about the work
Vague praise and delayed criticism both fail for the same reason. People cannot act on what they cannot see.
Culture
Your culture is whatever you tolerate on a busy Tuesday
Values on a wall describe the culture you want. The behaviour you let slide describes the one you have.
Growth
The first 90 days of managing your former peers
Promotion from within is a vote of confidence. It is also one of the trickiest transitions in a working life.
Teams
Delegation is a transfer of judgment, not just tasks
Handing off work while keeping every decision is not delegation. It is outsourcing your typing.
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