There's a fairly common practice in growing start-ups. When the headcount ramps up and a more complicated structure is needed, the natural tendency is to promote founders or early stage employees into managerial roles. This happens only marginally because people making or vetting the decision believe those employees are the best for the job. Most … Continue reading Growing managers
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The practice of empathy
A while back, I have written about empathy and about how it is not something that comes natural to most people (me included). But what does empathy look like in practice? It is certainly not to feel sorrow for someone's issues. When we do, we tend to approach the relationship from a position of strength, … Continue reading The practice of empathy
Sit down and watch it grow
One of the most difficult thing when you are in charge is to understand when it's time to let go. With the best of conscious intentions, a leader in a growing company may inadvertently generate an endless number of "problems" in order to stay busy, feel needed, and defer the difficult work of figuring out … Continue reading Sit down and watch it grow
Perfect
This week, I have found this beautiful graphic depiction of how resistance works at times. It's from Ed Batista's blog (that is strongly recommended, by the way), and it displays how it is incredibly more important to move from doing nothing to doing something, than it is to move from doing something to doing something … Continue reading Perfect
