Know Your Team
The most counterintuitive leadership tip? Leaders, stop doing what you’re good at.
3 min read · From 2018 · Playing to your strengths as a leader doesn't make you a good boss – in fact, it can make you a bad boss. Here's why.
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.
Takeaways
medium.com
Average Manager vs. Great Manager — The Year of the Looking Glass — Medium
From 2015 · Explained in 10 sketches
Inc.
This Email From Elon Musk to Tesla Employees Is a Master Class in Emotional Intelligence
4 min read · From 2017 · When the going gets tough, true leaders take action.
First Round
Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss
10 min read · From 2015 · Kim Scott cut her teeth as a manager at Apple and Google, and now helps create great leaders as an author and coach for companies like Twitter. Here's the secret that's made all the difference for her.
Know Your Team
Your leadership weakness is being “too controlling.” What to do?
9 min read · From 2019 · Here are 17 phrases and suggestions to avoid the common leadership weakness of coming across as too controlling as a manager.
