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by wjossey 7y ago
This isn’t bad advice, or wrong, just recognize that it’s not universal. Motivations vary from person to person, team to team, company to company. If you want to know how to motivate a person, start by asking them. Maybe they will be self a
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by wjossey 7y ago
If your colleague doesn't want the role, and is struggling, just go talk to them. Maybe it's some sort of sharing of the responsibilities of the role between the two of you. Maybe you both work with their boss (your boss too?) to
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It's only $4.99. But Costco's rotisserie chicken comes at a price(cnn.com)
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by wjossey 7y ago
I can’t speak to this group specifically, just to say that being an exec in an industry doesn’t make you an expert in that industry. When I worked in ad tech, I met plenty of execs who couldn’t run a facebook campaign to save their life. If
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by wjossey 7y ago
I’m doing my own version of this through my mentoring program for managers. I’m at 80 since February, and it’s been a real joy (best part of my day). I’ve had a chance to talk to managers from over a dozen countries, some of whom call me at
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by wjossey 7y ago
Will do! Best of luck to you and the team.
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by wjossey 7y ago
Will give this a try. As a remote team, this is the sort of stuff we’re always interested in iterating and improving upon. I will say, the pricing feels like it will be a deal breaker. The product will need to add a ton of value to justify
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by wjossey 7y ago
Really powerful article, and speaks to the toll alcohol takes on lives over the course of decades. Whether it’s family separation, bodily injury, near death, destruction of trust.... It runs the gambit until it kills you. As I always say on
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Hardly. As someone who lost two parents to alcoholism in the past five years, I can assure you that it is alive and well, and taking lives along the way. You never know when one of these stories may encourage your fellow reader to decide th
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by wjossey 7y ago
Eager Connect - https://connect.eagerlabs.com Stage: Seed Stage We Make: A eight session cohort program for new supervisors looking to improve their leadership and management skills. Team: Four full-time, two part-time We need h
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by wjossey 7y ago
Fair enough. My language when I’m doing writing tends to sound a bit over the top because I’m trying to use super generic language (given I have no context about someone’s role). How’s this: “Hey! I’m John on the infrastructure team. I’m st
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by wjossey 7y ago
I can't speak for the downvoters, but I don't think people are implying "Don't step outside your bubble in a not-timid way", but rather, "There's probably a better way to phrase this question in a way that
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by wjossey 7y ago
> Do you and they not have a baselevel implicit trust simply due to being coworkers? In some cases yes, in other cases, no. As an example, say you're a product manager in Department A. You, previously, had to work with Software Team
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> Would you be offended by someone else's curiosity? Me personally? No. Do I know others who would be? Yes. Always a tricky line trying to be thoughtful about how someone might react to a particular question, especially when you&#x2
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by wjossey 7y ago
> I’m just too scared to talk to them. No reason to be! They’re just another human being trying to do their best for your company and team. Assume best intentions! If you’re nervous because you have no idea what to say to broach the topi
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Show HN: Location Agnostic New Manager Development Program(connect.eagerlabs.com)
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Wayfair employees plan walkout in response to company furnishing border camps(cnbc.com)
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by wjossey 7y ago
Really love that model. Thank you for sharing!
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Well said. I had a similar reaction when I saw this as to, maybe google just doesn’t hire new grads, but I know that’s not the case. Almost every fresh out of school grad has tons to learn, regardless of how great their education was. Schoo
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by wjossey 7y ago
Original content: https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/the-evolution-of-project-... Project Oxygen is a really great resource for any of you out there looking for more information on this stuff. One thing I’ll call out f
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by wjossey 7y ago
As someone who tried to develop a tool to help pause their box to improve focus throughout the day, I got bit by this process as well. Basically google just went dark on me altogether. Has been months since their last reply and I kept tryin
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by wjossey 7y ago
I talk to managers every day as a part of my free mentoring program for managers (info in my profile, although I’m booked till the end July), and I’ve spoken to 60+ people from 12 countries since this past February when I launched. Many of
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by wjossey 7y ago
I do have a shelter dog. She’s 11, and was rescued by a great organization in upstate New York that had her shipped from Tennessee when she was weeks old to save her from being put down. I got her at 6 weeks (way too early, but she was alre
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by wjossey 7y ago
Yep! My dog has an insane official name. I got special permission from her breeder to use their kennel in the name, even though she isn’t being raised by them. Dry Pond’s Eager Big Lady Mountain Goat Meghan. Each part of her name is a part
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by wjossey 7y ago
The folks over at Knowable ( knowable.fyi ) are launching an audio series on this topic that is really great. I got a chance to hear an early cut, and the content is top notch. I’d recommend adding yourself to get notified when it launches,
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by wjossey 7y ago
League pass does not apply to nationally broadcast games or games in your local market. I live in LA and root for the Celtics, and watch all the home broadcasts with their arena feed. If I lived in Boston it’s not an option and I have to ha
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by wjossey 7y ago
Financial security is a huge hurdle, and it’s one of the few things you can’t “fake till you make it”. It means something different to everyone, but it should mean six to twelve months minimum of living without an income will not crush you.
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by wjossey 7y ago
There’s another response to this supporting staying where you grow up. I’m not against this in any way, but leaving your home community has value as well. I left where I grew up in rural suburban Ohio and followed my girlfriend to a college
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I just recommended it to a mentee today in an email. An exec at a former company loved it, and at first I thought it was goofy, now equally love it. Simple, sweet, very effective.
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The response to this has been really wonderful, and my calendar is now almost full all the way out for the next four weeks. If you have something urgent you'd like to discuss, please email me directly. My email is in my profile. If I c

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