Category · 28 posts
Management
Posts about management, strategies and tips to manage people.
May 2026
1 post
February 2026
2 posts
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Feb 09Consistency Is Key to Building TrustI think a lot about trust and how I’m perceived by the people I manage and the peers I work alongside. Not in a self conscious way, but in a practical one. Trus...
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Feb 05Book Review: Engineering Management for the Rest of UsI recently finished Engineering Management for the Rest of Us by Sarah Drasner and it immediately earned a spot on my short list of books I recommend to enginee...
October 2025
4 posts
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Oct 27Making Feedback LandFollowing up on the last post where I talked about over communicating, I want to share a tool I use when critical feedback is not landing.When I give critical f...
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Oct 22If It’s Worth Communicating, Do It TwiceIf something’s worth communicating, do it twice.Once to inform. Once to confirm.Leaders often share something important once, in a Slack post, in an email, or a...
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Oct 13The Quiet Side of Leadership: Listening, Observing, DecidingLeadership isn’t always loud. It’s not just the team speeches, the bold calls, or the product launches that make an impact. More often, it’s found in the quiet...
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Oct 06Book Review: Product DrivenProduct Driven is a refreshing read for engineering leaders who are looking to shift your team’s perspective on shipping code and thinking about outcomes for th...
May 2025
1 post
April 2025
2 posts
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Apr 25Leadership That Goes Beyond the Mission — A Lesson From MoonshotI recently finished reading Moonshot by Mike Massimino, and one quote in particular has stuck with me: “Admire and care for everyone on your team.” It’s decepti...
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Apr 22Don’t Build Monuments — Build MomentumThis year, our golden retriever puppy has been the ultimate reminder of a lesson I’ve preached for years: take the first step first. Progress matters more than...
June 2023
1 post
May 2023
2 posts
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May 31Predictable, AccountableOver the past few years, people I've worked with have heard me talk at length about my two pillars for building and maintaining high-performing teams. This...
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May 10TrustI've been reflecting on partnerships, both personal and professional. As I evaluate my interactions and categorize them as positive or negative, I've...
April 2023
1 post
March 2023
2 posts
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Mar 22How I Use Notion For OnCall RotationsBeing on call for incidents can be incredibly stressful. You can be paged at any time of day or night, especially because there is a critical system performing...
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Mar 15Team CastlesI work at a large company with many teams, departments, and even sub-properties under the company umbrella. When working on large software projects, it's i...
February 2023
2 posts
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Feb 22How I Use Notion to Manage PeopleLast week I wrote about how I use Notion to manage my work week and talked a little bit about the way I have my database set up for TODOs and Notes that feed in...
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Feb 15How I Use Notion to Manage My Work WeekI attribute much of my success to my ability to organize my thoughts, tasks, and notes for future reference. My systems have changed over the years as my duties...
April 2021
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November 2020
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October 2020
2 posts
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Oct 28Focus on DepthEarly in my career I had trouble focusing on building my skill set in a single area. I wanted to do everything. I wanted to design the best looking, trendiest g...
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Oct 21Hard Things Are Hard, But That's OKPeople, teams, companies, relationships all go though hard times. I always think about a quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt."A smooth sea never made a skille...
September 2020
2 posts
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Sep 16Somehow I (Remotely) ManageStealing the management book name from Michael Scott, of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, formerly of Michael Scott's Paper Company, I wanted to share my thou...
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Sep 09Team AgreementsIf you have the luxury of starting a new team, or evolving a team overtime, you might want to try collaborating with the team on a working agreement. I call the...
August 2020
3 posts
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Aug 26Going Above and BeyondI want to tell you a little story about why I chose Hover as my domain registrar and a lesson I learned about going above and beyond for customers and potential...
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Aug 19Anything You Need From Me?At the end of each 1-1 I ask the same set of questions. No matter where the conversation has taken us, I want to be sure to leave open a couple minutes to ask a...
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Aug 12What Makes You Grumpy?I stole this question from Lara Hogan who took it from someone else. I think it’s such an awesome question to kick off a new relationship as a manager and I hav...
July 2020
1 post