As we finish out the 4th of July week, I started to consider what is ‘freedom’ when it comes to the workplace. Fundamentally, it comes down to embracing our humanity at work and being able to bring our true self to work.
Your first 30 days are not a warm-up. They are a credibility window. People are forming impressions immediately: does this person get it, can they operate at this level, are they strategic or just busy, will they make my life easier or harder?
Reorgs don’t hurt careers because the work changed. They hurt careers because the story around the work changed. High performers often get sidelined when they assume their reputation, relationships, & priorities automatically transfer to the new org
Promotion to Director is not a reward for hard work. It is a selection process with entirely different criteria. Your value shifts from what you personally deliver to what changes in the business because of your work. In flatter orgs with fewer seats
While feedback conversations are intended to help us grow, research by Columbia University neuroscientist Kevin Ochsner shows that giving feedback only succeeds at improving performance 30 percent of the time. In other words, 70 percent of the time feedback is not having an impact on an individual.
Remote tech workers aren't working less. They're proving commitment through nonstop availability. Here's why visibility-based culture is costing companies their best people.
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