My favorite place to go to find new questions to get the most out of one-on-ones is this blog post by Jason Evanish: If you’re interested in learning more about what Jason does, check out his company, Lighthouse, designed to help new managers. You can get a pair of these questions, as well as a […]
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You will find yourself in situations where you want something more out of one of your direct reports, and you aren’t getting it. You’ll need to decide if you’re going to coach them to get there, or train them to get there. WHEN TO TRAIN Training is used when someone is brand new to a
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MANAGING AFTER CHANGE HAPPENS You likely see lots of change over your time as a manager at a startup. What are some examples of change you’ve seen at your current organization, or at other companies? Here is a video explaining the four reactions to change? WHY DO PEOPLE RESIST CHANGE? People resist change for all
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For a long time I thought I was just lazy. I decided it was just part of my personality, and I just wasn’t a motivated person like “other” people were. I now realize that motivation isn’t common. I rarely feel motivated to do something. If I wait for motivation to come before I take action
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I’ve had a complete shift recently about judging people. I used to take it for granted that we all judge people, and that’s kind of how it’s supposed to work. By judging them, or even stereotyping them, we are more easily able to know how to interact with them. Maybe judging was even a helpful
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People frequently ask me how I get so much done. “You’ve only had your business for a year, and you’ve accomplished more than anyone else I’ve watched.” I REALLY love productivity and efficiency, but I wasn’t always able to get so much done. I never thought of myself as a perfectionist. To me a perfectionist
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I was just talking with someone I love dearly about emotions. She was telling me that she’s feeling really sad lately, and she feels bad for feeling sad. She’s got a situation in her life that she’s not sure how to handle. The situation is totally something to be sad about. Just about anyone would
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You’re probably familiar with the Impostor Syndrome. Even if that name doesn’t ring a bell, I’m certain that you’ve felt the Impostor Syndrome before. It’s the feeling that you are a fraud. You might feel like people are going to find out that you have no idea what you were doing. Did you know 70%
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Have you ever wondered what causes your emotions? I know I hadn’t. I just assumed it was all the people around me. If someone did something rude, I felt hurt. If someone did something nice, I felt loved. This is a very anxiety-inducing way to live your life. You never know how the people around
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Let’s be honest. Do you sometimes wish the people around you would change so you could finally feel better? If only they weren’t so annoying, you wouldn’t have to feel so annoyed all the time, right? As a recovering control freak, enthusiast myself, I used to always feel this way. If I didn’t like a
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