The Leadership Compass: When Your Best Decision Hurts Someone You’re Trying to HelpA story about ego, empathy, and the importance of seeing the whole picture in technical leadershipThe Leadership Compass: When Your Best Decision Hurts Someone You’re Trying to Help
This Is How to Avoid Common Hands-on Manager MistakesWhat I’ve learned about getting involved without getting in the wayThis Is How to Avoid Common Hands-on Manager Mistakes
6 Hard-hitting Truths that Every Leader Needs to FaceLeadership is not all that sexy, after all6 Hard-hitting Truths that Every Leader Needs to Face
As a New Manager, I Thought Everything Was an EmergencyAnd nearly burned out my team in the processAs a New Manager, I Thought Everything Was an Emergency
Leadership Mistakes That Push Team to BurnoutThe cure for burnout isn’t necessarily self-care. Leadership mistakes that push teams to burnout deserve as much attention.Leadership Mistakes That Push Team to Burnout
15 unsettling facts all employers must knowI was scrolling through LinkedIn and came across this amazing post. It really did indeed pique my interest, and I thought I could share it…#Stack15 unsettling facts all employers must know
Learn leadership from Elon MuskThe antagonistic billionaire is the pinnacle of terrible leadership. Become a better leader by doing the opposite of Elon Musk.Learn leadership from Elon Musk
What is value, and how to define it for a product?A deep dive into value, its layers, and how understanding can empower design and product teams.#StackWhat is value, and how to define it for a product?
The Simple Phrase That Made Me a Terrible LeaderHow saying “Let me know if you need anything” broke my team’s trust#StackThe Simple Phrase That Made Me a Terrible Leader
How to uniquely stamp out workplace ‘othering’Workplace othering has the potential to damage a cohesive professional environment, but there are a number of ways to prevent disruption.How to uniquely stamp out workplace ‘othering’
What to Do If You Give Feedback and Your Employee Still Doesn’t ChangeThis simple 3-step process can help you ramp up your feedbackWhat to Do If You Give Feedback and Your Employee Still Doesn’t Change
Time-to-critique: the metric that will level up how you manage your Design TeamLearn why measuring how fast and effectively can your design team members obtain high-quality critique is crucial for their success.Time-to-critique: the metric that will level up how you manage your Design Team
How to Get Your Team to Actually Speak UpWhen you ask your team to share their ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or feedback, how many of them actually speak up?How to Get Your Team to Actually Speak Up
5 Quick and Easy Ways to Earn Respect As A Leader (Without Being Perfect)Some of these will surprise you5 Quick and Easy Ways to Earn Respect As A Leader (Without Being Perfect)
Painful Leadership Truths I Had to Learn the Hard WayWhat I wish I’d known on day one as a new leaderPainful Leadership Truths I Had to Learn the Hard Way
We Need To Talk About Why the Gen Z Workforce Is So AngryThe Zoomer Tech Working Class Is Disengaged and Enraged. Here’s The Real Reason Why.#StackWe Need To Talk About Why the Gen Z Workforce Is So Angry
5 work attitudes that lead to disaster (and airplane crashes)How UX teams can benefit from 50 years of aviation safety insights.#Stack5 work attitudes that lead to disaster (and airplane crashes)
How to Make It as Easy as Possible for Your New Managers To ThriveThe leader’s leader toolkit to help your new managers make a strong start on their road to successHow to Make It as Easy as Possible for Your New Managers To Thrive
The 3 Stages of Communication in LeadershipHow To Master The Art (and Craft) of CommunicationThe 3 Stages of Communication in Leadership
The New Language of Design LeadershipCrafting Strategies that merge empathy, data, and bold provocation#StackThe New Language of Design Leadership
The Design Leader Dilemma — Smashing MagazineDesign leaders are expected to deliver the impossible. Instead of trying, we need to redefine our role from implementor to enabler.The Design Leader Dilemma — Smashing Magazine
Cutting Middle Management: Bayer's Costly Experiment One Year LaterIn a bold move to restore profitability, Bayer CEO Bill Anderson cut out most of the company’s management roles last year. Here's what happened next.#StackCutting Middle Management: Bayer's Costly Experiment One Year Later
Bad idea: You can’t measure productivityThe key points from Martin Fowler’s 2003 article “Cannot Measure Productivity”:Bad idea: You can’t measure productivity
Do You Need to Manage Change Effectively? Use Adaptive LeadershipHow the 5 principles of adaptive leadership support change management.Do You Need to Manage Change Effectively? Use Adaptive Leadership
Keeping Your Employees Accountable as a ManagerYes it can be doneKeeping Your Employees Accountable as a Manager
Why you should embrace the ‘outcomes over outputs’ mindset‘Outcomes over outputs’ is a common refrain, but why do we still see so many design teams’ deliverables go unused?Why you should embrace the ‘outcomes over outputs’ mindset
Design rituals: How we ensure high-caliber design outcomesAn inclusive high-performance culture in your design team needs thoughtful and well-crafted rituals. These conscious feedback loops and…Design rituals: How we ensure high-caliber design outcomes