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What You Lose Every Time You Get Promoted

Every promotion asks you to surrender the capabilities that made you successful. The engineering manager coding at night isn't integrating technical skills—she's keeping a dead identity on life support. As you move from IC to manager to organizational leader, each transition demands you find meaning

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One more time: How do I lead by example?

You don’t. You never do. Leading by example is based on a faulty assumption: that people will see only the behavior you want them to see and follow only the behavior you want them to follow. News flash: the people who work with you see everything. They see not

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A genius is the one most like himself: Thelonious Monk’s tips for musicians

I'm a jazz fan, always have been. And I'm a Monk fan. Monk created this list when a musician joined his band for a multiple-week gig. I encourage the managers I work with to have a readme document for themselves and to have a structured,

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Here's why you are skeptical about empowerment

The principle: Humans crave independence and control so giving it to them at work should be a good thing. The caveat: As people feel increasingly autonomous, they can also become unmoored from others' needs, expectations and social norms. Research results: Managers who value being respected will respond to empowerment

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How should I react when an employee is not performing well or makes a mistake?

The traditional approach is to reprimand the employee in some way. The hope is that some form of punishment will be beneficial: it will teach the employee a lesson. However, some managers choose a different response when confronted by an underperforming employee: compassion and curiosity. Not that a part of

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We can overcome our empathy deficit

Given our current circumstances after six months of the pandemic, and not being anywhere near a new normal, you would think that we would be sensitive to the realities of the people around us. Well, according to Scientific American, it turns out we're not. (( https://www.scientificamerican.com/

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How do I know my people won’t watch Netflix all day?

I don't follow my newsletter's ((https://brisebois.substack.com)) stats. I put out what I think is useful information for my readers and they comment on what works and what doesn't. Also, I often post links to articles that readers themselves send me (keep

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Let's get rid of the performance review

Samuel Colbert says that a one-side-accountable, boss-administered review is little more than a dysfunctional pretense. It's a negative to corporate performance, an obstacle to straight-talk relationships, and a prime cause of low morale at work. Even the mere knowledge that such an event will