Mid Career
Changing How Others Perceive You. Most Importantly, Those Who Dislike You.
If you've found yourself on someone's bad side, what strategies can you use to turn things around?
Mid Career
Mid Career
Reckless Bias for Action — A Tale of Immaturity and Impatience
Bias for Action has long been one of my favorite leadership principles. Not just because it's a critical leadership skill, but because I'm quite impatient.
Mid Career
How to Estimate Projects Without Being Absolutely Hosed
Employees are often distrustful of their business partners when they're asked to give estimates. Instead, build your communication skills to take advantage of the estimation process benefits.
Mid Career
Discover Exactly Why Insisting on High Standards is a Thorny Issue
Amazon's brutal culture of high-standards and transparency creates great results, and sometimes hurt feelings. And I'm not sure the latter is avoidable.
Mid Career
You Don't Have to be a Manager to be a Leader Because Leadership != Management
Leadership is a way of relating to others. Management is an organizational construct. Many leaders are not managers, and (unfortunately) some managers are not leaders.
Mid Career
Don't Let Your Soft Skills Block Your Career - Overcoming Mental Blocks
Everyone recognizes that hard skills can be a blocker for their career, and that means everyone focuses on strengthening their hard skills. Soft skills are similar. They can hold you back, and they can be improved. And I'm going to talk about how.
Mid Career
Failed and Successful Stories of Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance isn't simply giving away free food, or lots of vacation days. It's often about what skills an employee can develop and use to set boundaries.
Mid Career
The Ten Commandments of Maintaining Legacy Code
Maintaining legacy code is a major part of software engineering. Learn how to do it well.
Mid Career
A First Principles Anecdote - How I Avoided Burnout at Amazon
Burnout is a real risk at a fast paced company. This is about a time I saved myself from burnout by using first principles.
Mid Career
Finding Excellence in Others — Focus on Superpowers, not Weaknesses
Everyone has a superpower. Recognize and utilize your co-workers superpowers.