Know Your Team
The most counterintuitive leadership tip? Leaders, stop doing what you’re good at.
3 min read · · 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. · Shared by 9, including Matti Heubner
The New York Times
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
Summary · 20+ min read · · New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter. · Shared by 1218, including Ryan Boren, Justin Jackson, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Sara Usinger, Kelly Hoey, Kris Fannin, Thomas Power, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Dan Ariely, Rand Fishkin, Nir Eyal, Kim Scott 🇺🇦 #BLM, Startupxplore, Shawn Venasse, Nathan Baschez 📧, Pat Kua, Moritz Meenen, Ben Tossell, Herbert Bay, Stowe Boyd
medium.com
Average Manager vs. Great Manager — The Year of the Looking Glass — Medium
· Explained in 10 sketches · Shared by 248, including Inês Silva, Stephanie A Kowalski, PotHix, Travis Murdock, pizza.lottie 🍕, Evan (he/him), Matthew Turland, almagentia369, Esther Schindler, Tomasz Tunguz, Mark Kaigwa, blinch, Dez S. Papp, Kris Fannin, Matti Heubner, Howard Getson, Adrian🇨🇭, Arin Basu, Davo ⚡, Dominik Grolimund
Inc.
This Email From Elon Musk to Tesla Employees Is a Master Class in Emotional Intelligence
4 min read · · When the going gets tough, true leaders take action. · Shared by 482, including ✨ Phil Calçado, Vita Pictura, Galen King, Ian Lurie 🇺🇦 @ianlurie@mastodon.social, Dominik Grolimund, Gerd Leonhard, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, k, Brian Tomlinson 🚢, Aamir Raz, Rand Fishkin, Simon Wüthrich, Thomas Power, Matti Heubner, Antonio Vieira Santos - #SPS_Live, Shawn Venasse, Helmi also on 🐘, Dez S. Papp, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Florian Hanke 🍎
First Round
Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss
10 min read · · 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. · Shared by 662, including 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , David Cancel, Chris Calo, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, Sara Usinger, minh.eth, Kris Fannin, Katja Evertz, Pat Kua, Rand Fishkin, Michael Carroll, Ron McIntyre, Greg Meyer, Raphael Raue, Tomasz Tunguz, David Luescher, Ben Tossell, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Ryan Boren
Know Your Team
Your leadership weakness is being “too controlling.” What to do?
9 min read · · Here are 17 phrases and suggestions to avoid the common leadership weakness of coming across as too controlling as a manager. · Shared by 20, including Christiane Link, Matti Heubner
