jevanish

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Becoming a manager is a Career Change *not* a promotion(fractio.nl)
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What to expect when starting 1 on 1s with your team(jasonevanish.com)
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Do you believe in your team?(jasonevanish.com)
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How to Write a Thesis to Communicate Customer Needs to Design and Engineering(jasonevanish.com)
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by jevanish 12y ago
I'm working on an app to help managers with the people / soft skills stuff. It helps with 1 on 1s, goals, and personal stuff for your reports. Would love to talk to you if you're interested (check my profile for contact info)
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by jevanish 12y ago
I've always been stunned how few tech companies and startups do 1 on 1s. It's the single, easiest way to surface a lot of this. As long as you don't completely ignore what's brought up in them, you'll get in front o
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by jevanish 12y ago
Do you manage anyone? How do you remember that?
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by jevanish 12y ago
What kinds of things do you like to do to take really good care of them?
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by jevanish 12y ago
One of the amazing things I've learned as a manager is how much you can get out of asking people what they want. Many people haven't really thought about it and so you end up going on a fun journey helping them figure it out. Usua
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by jevanish 12y ago
I think it's fear. How do you measure that a manager is doing a good job? If you only judge by the team shipping on time or hitting their number, then a dictator/slave driver looks pretty good early on. If you judge by employee mo
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by jevanish 12y ago
It seems like a number of newer, growing startups are making sure there are individual contributor paths for growth. What would you like to see as a solution? Also - do you think it's that their overwhelmed, under-trained for the new d
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How to make your team love you for less than $10(jasonevanish.com)
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What Viktor Frankl can teach us about managing teams(jasonevanish.com)
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The most important word for managing your team and what to do about it(jasonevanish.com)
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by jevanish 12y ago
This process has been hugely helpful from both a product and marketing stand point. What have you used it for?
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How to do a Jobs To Be Done interview (jasonevanish.com)
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by jevanish 12y ago
Curious what the HN crowd has done to find their passions and make important career and life decisions.
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A guide to finding your meaning of life(jasonevanish.com)
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The harsh truths of being a manager(jasonevanish.com)
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by jevanish 13y ago
In my experience, I've found that the times I want more money falls into a few categories: 1) Cost of Living - This can change bc of higher rent, getting married, having a kid or a million other things 2) I'm unhappy about somethi
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The most important skills when starting your career(jasonevanish.com)
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by jevanish 13y ago
I have the memory of a goldfish. Helping me log key things (goals, personal interests, motivators) for easy reference would be a big help. Then, giving me reminders for things that are easy to forget like team member birthdays, work anniver
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by jevanish 13y ago
So what did you end up doing? Sounds like you eventually figured things out...what would you tell the past version of yourself?
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by jevanish 13y ago
I'm glad you've had good experiences with managers. I know a lot of people who have really suffered under bad managers multiple times across their careers, especially in startups.
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by jevanish 13y ago
I think if you look at the language someone uses, you can tell a lot about their quality as a manager...it's about we and they when it's good and I when it's bad. Look at pro athletes; the best leaders on those teams generall
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by jevanish 13y ago
Depends on the company and the culture. Do you have ideas on how to recognize and praise great managers?
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by jevanish 13y ago
I totally agree. My goal was to get some people to sign up I could do some customer development around an idea I have. Maybe I needed a little more detail. I think the human aspect can go a long way and there are still a lot of elements as
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by jevanish 13y ago
Thom, You're absolutely right. I wrote the post with the hope of getting to do some customer development interviews with those interested in what I wrote about. Soft skills are a funny thing; to succeed as a leader/manager you nee
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Why are there so many bad managers?(jasonevanish.com)
16 points by jevanish 13y ago|24 comments
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by jevanish 13y ago
Have you considered what books you choose and the efforts you make to apply what you learn from it? I can't begin to quantify what I've learned (note: I wrote the post) and much of it is because of what books I chose and the effor

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