Communication
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Every week, I’m in several 1-1 meetings. Biweekly with the manager I report in to, and at various frequencies and lengths with the managers and individual contributors that report in to me. When I have good time zone overlap with people I try and hold them for 30 minutes weekly. When time zone overlap is…
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I came across this recent video from Vicky Zhao last week and loved her brief summary of how she grew in her ability to clearly articulate ideas on the spot by getting to the point, using story structure from improv, and forcing specificty in sharp, boilerplate phrasing with clever mental models. Highly recommended watch. I…
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Huang prefers an agile corporate structure, with no fixed divisions or hierarchy. Instead, employees submit a weekly list of the five most important things they are working on. Brevity is encouraged, as Huang surveys these e-mails late into the night. Huang communicates to his staff by writing hundreds of e-mails per day, often only a…
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A few weeks ago Dave Martin told me about Dharmesh Shah’s unique way of providing context to communication with hashtags. Shah cofounded Hubspot with Brian Halligan at MIT in 2006. At some point in the history of Hubspot he found himself struggling with conveying how strongly he felt about information he shared. To counter this…
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If you’re interested in becoming a better coach, manager, or leader — or you just want to start asking better questions at work — check out The Coaching Habit from Michael Bungay Stanier. You get practical advice on what coaching is, why you’d want to do it, and how to immediately improve. It’s pretty easy…