The Hard Parts of Growth

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My manager owns context, I own the recommendation
When I walked into one of my first leadership reviews, I felt ready. I had gathered all the information and I was prepared to explain it all to my…
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Finding my voice using a "series of dials"
Several years ago, a thorny topic came up at work, and we had a sequence of difficult meetings to try to sort through options. It was hard to get…
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5 tips to make context-switching work for me
“Okay,” I thought to myself this morning as I looked at my calendar. “I’ve got 4 back-to-back 1:1s, a 30-minute work block, a strategy discussion, late…
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Budgeting for Failure
In previous posts, I talked about a couple tactics that have helped me deal with failure: turning “what a failure” into “what a useful experiment” and…
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0 failure = 0 growth
In one of my first jobs, my manager told me: “It’s good to learn from mistakes. But a really smart person learns even before they make a mistake.” That…
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Finding a global optimum always feels like a hill climb
A few years ago, I was talking with a brand new manager about how they could empower their team. “How about asking someone on your team to lead this…
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Make every pixel earn its space — a simple formula
When I’m working on a particular product feature, I often have the subconscious desire to take up as much space as possible in the product so my feature…
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The Hard Parts of Growth
The Hard Parts of Growth
Hard-won lessons on scaling tech products, teams, and cultures – so you get a head start.

The Hard Parts of Growth

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