Leadership & Personal
Links about leadership, plus stories about personal things
Collection by Martina Pugliese
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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…
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 · 2020-08-07 · In an essay for Melbourne writers’ festival, Australian author Sisonke Msimang reflects on paying attention in a painful world
timidoloquace.it
Non voglio vivere covìd.
~12 min read · 2020-05-18 · 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…
The Observer Effect.
The Observer Effect
20+ min read · 2020-06-13 · Marc Andreessen on how he spends his time, learns, the 'build' essay and much more.
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
M.G. Siegler
The Great Asshole Fallacy
4 min read · 2020-05-16 · On Michael Jordan being a jerk to make the Bulls great…
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…
The Atlantic
The Pandemic Has Revealed the Weakness of Strongmen
5 min read · 2020-05-06 · Women leaders are a symptom of a political system’s success, not necessarily a cause of it.
The Atlantic
New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet
~15 min read · 2020-04-19 · 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.
jvns.ca
Questions you can ask about compensation
2 min read · 2020-02-19 · 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…
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…
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
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…
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.
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.
CB Insights
21 Lessons From Jeff Bezos' Annual Letters To Shareholders
20+ min read · From 2018 · Each year, Jeff Bezos writes an open letter to Amazon's shareholders. Over the last two decades, these letters have become an unparalleled source of insight into how the world's richest man — and his…
