Leadership & Personal
Links about leadership, plus stories about personal things
Collection by Martina Pugliese
NPR
How To Say No, For The People Pleaser Who Always Says Yes
4 min read · 2020-09-23 · Constantly saying yes to everything and everyone drains us of time and energy. This episode helps explain the roots of people-pleasing behaviors and how you can say no more often.
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rands
Bored People Quit
7 min read · From 2019 · Much has been written about employee motivation and retention. It's written by folks who actively use words like motivation and retention and generally don't have a clue about the daily necessity of…
Reader View · Shared by 30, including Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Stefan Weber, Anne Helen Petersen, Courtney Seiter, Martina Pugliese
Guardian Books
To be a black mother is to manage the rage of others while growing joyous black children. This is no…
7 min read · From 2020 · In an essay for Melbourne writers’ festival, Australian author Sisonke Msimang reflects on paying attention in a painful world
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timidoloquace.it
Non voglio vivere covìd.
~12 min read · From 2020 · Oggi è il nonricordoesimogiorno di quarantena. Chi lo avrebbe mai pensato due mesi fa che fare una cena all’aperto, una corsa, ritrovarsi in gruppo in un prato sarebbe stato vietato? Quanto c…
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The Observer Effect.
The Observer Effect
20+ min read · From 2020 · Marc Andreessen on how he spends his time, learns, the 'build' essay and much more.
Reader View · Shared by 347, including Martina Pugliese, Kevin_Indig, Niklaus Gerber, kees, Alain, 🇺🇦 Alex Iskold | 1kproject.org, Mathias Böhm, Howard Getson, John Tan⚡️, Sachin Rekhi, Anand Sanwal, Chris Messina, Vikram Dutt, Mark Kaigwa, Bill Johnston, Sunnie J. Groeneveld, Bri Kimmel, René Pfitzner, Christian Surchi, Pascal Sulser
Science Magazine
Mental health in academia is too often a forgotten footnote. That needs to change
3 min read · From 2019 · A grad student's struggle with depression highlights the challenges that many face
Reader View · Shared by 9, including AAAS, Martina Pugliese
M.G. Siegler
The Great Asshole Fallacy
4 min read · From 2020 · On Michael Jordan being a jerk to make the Bulls great…
Reader View · Shared by 165, including Steven Sinofsky, jorge-ferrer, dewang mishra, Peter Steinberger, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, 👨🏻💻☕️, Martina Pugliese, Sachin Rekhi, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Bijan Sabet, Katharina Borchert
TED Talks
Nicola Sturgeon: Why governments should prioritize well-being
From 2019 · In 2018, Scotland, Iceland and New Zealand established the network of Wellbeing Economy Governments to challenge the acceptance of GDP as the ultimate measure of a country's success. In this visionary…
Shared by 44, including Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Patrizia Laeri, Guy Kawasaki, Matti Heubner, Chris Messina, Daniel Gilbert, Martina Pugliese
The Atlantic
The Pandemic Has Revealed the Weakness of Strongmen
5 min read · From 2020 · Women leaders are a symptom of a political system’s success, not necessarily a cause of it.
Reader View · Shared by 65, including LoriBeth, Martina Pugliese, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Helen Lewis, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈
The Atlantic
New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet
~15 min read · From 2020 · Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people; it’s putting the country on track for success against the coronavirus.
Reader View · Shared by 451, including Audrey Watters, Brooks Rainwater, Ed Yong, Steve Faktor, 💥 Katie Martell, Peter Steinberger, Frank Gruber, Liv 😷, Guy Kawasaki, Denise Silber - Doctors 2.0 - VRforHealth, Philanthropy News Digest, Merkstatt, 🇺🇦 Eugene Borukhovich, Fern, Eric Topol, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, Mark Little, A C Grayling #FBPE 3.5% #Reform #Rejoin #FBPA 🐟, Padmasree, Thomas Power
jvns.ca
Questions you can ask about compensation
2 min read · From 2020 · Talking about pay is hard, and a lot of the time it feels like it boils down to “hello I would like more money please?”. But it’s totally possible to have a conversation about compensation without…
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medium.com
All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people
~15 min read · From 2019 · As I focus on becoming a better manager of engineers, I have been reflecting more and more on the advice that produced a 10X boost in my…
Reader View · Shared by 236, including Esther Schindler, Niklaus Gerber, Cameron Yick, Christian Fauteux, Bernhard Huessy, Oliver Raduner, Bryan Onel, Dominik Grolimund, Tom Connor, Dominic Grzbielok, Clemens, Stefan Weber, ✨ Phil Calçado, 瑞拿頭, Per, Toni Juan, Martina Pugliese, cody lindley, dcancel.eth
Science Magazine
I wish I’d taken my mental health more seriously in grad school
3 min read · From 2020 · This clinical psychologist argues that academics shouldn’t idolize a workaholic lifestyle
Reader View · Shared by 104, including Dr. Russell Hyken, Matthias Lampe, AAAS, Faik Ersoy, Martina Pugliese, Bethany Brookshire, Thomas Power, Meghan Duffy, Lee Keyes
charity.wtf
17 Reasons NOT To Be A Manager
~11 min read · From 2019 · Yesterday we had a super fun meetup here at Intercom in Dublin. We split up into small discussion groups and talked about things related to managing teams and being a senior individual contributor…
Reader View · Shared by 135, including Mark Needham, Developer to Manager, Mark Kaigwa, Joe Lencioni, Josh Wills, дэн, Chris {he, they}, Dave Cheney, blinch, Cameron Yick, Dan Shaw, Martina Pugliese, masone, Chris Heilmann, Niklaus Gerber
blog.stephsmith.io
How to Be Great? Just be Good, Repeatably
~14 min read · From 2019 · A thought piece on what it takes to truly be great and what that even means in the first place.
Reader View · Shared by 352, including Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Thomas Power, Cameron Yick, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Yonatan Levy, Martina Pugliese, Niklaus Gerber, Aadit Sheth, Kunal Bhatia, Dez S. Papp, Ben Collins, Jonathan Kogan, Howard Getson, Stephanie A Kowalski, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Peter Steinberger, Dominik Grolimund, Mark Kaigwa, Mike Taylor, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
The New York Times
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
20+ min read · From 2017 · New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 1153, including Ryan Boren, Justin Jackson, Chris Schultz ✌️, Startupxplore, Kelly Hoey, Kris Fannin, Thomas Power, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Dan Ariely, Rand Fishkin, Nir Eyal, Kim Scott 🇺🇦 #BLM, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Shawn Venasse, Nathan Baschez, Pat Kua, Moritz Meenen, Ben Tossell, Herbert Bay, Stowe Boyd