Making it easier to be a new manager as founder of Kommon (https://teapaw.org/t.co/UqPBvYdAqC). Tweeting about people management/tech/music. Lived 🇬🇧🇿🇦🇨🇦 he/him
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.@zebriez's excellent piece for @every on her time working at Stripe has provoked a bunch of debate on the virtues of ‘working hard’, and also contains a couple of brilliant passages all managers should read.
A couple of thoughts in a short 🧵
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Different cultures suit different folks, and ‘excellence’ and ‘standards’ are slippery things to define and aim for. But as managers, if we can create an environment which consistently pushes people to work at their best, the benefits scale far beyond the work itself.
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Kraken, a U.S.-based crypto exchange, has announced they'll be continuing to hire, and have announced a culture overhaul that promotes "diversity of thought" over "stereotypical team diversity measurements" and prohibits describing another's words as "racist" or "x-phobic". 🧵
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In 2014, I shared my first findings on bias in perf reviews. Today, @textio publishes new research: Systematic patterns of bias in performance feedback by gender, race, and age across 25,000 people at 250+ organizations. The largest study ever of its kind.
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The upside of being impacted by company layoffs is that I can be open about my job search and widely share what I’m looking for 🙂 Please read through and reach out if you have a role that you think would be a good fit!
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I’m sorry to say that I was impacted by The Zebra’s layoffs yesterday. I’ll put together a more detailed “what am I looking for” post when I have the energy for it, but I am looking for QA or QE manager roles, remote U.S. preferred. Please RT and share any leads ❤️
So tragic.
sure babe keep telling yourself that
ALT Which of the following items might help an HR professional drive employee retention and success? A, A ping-pong table. Correct. Other answers: B, Additional responsibilities. C, A raise in pay. Incorrect. Often when an employee leaves, it's not about the money. A good exit interview can help determine the real causes of employee discontent.
Sophisticated people management tip: don't do this.
Workshopped a variety of takes for this one but have settled on “LOL” theinformation.com/articles/…
Not really fair that @paulg’s son plays cricket…
He must be amazing at reading a pitch.
I don't usually get a lot of value out of going to conferences.
But @RunningRemote is different.
@liamremote and the team have put together an outstanding lineup for this year in Montreal, and I'll see you there!
runningremote.com/
Declining opportunities and recommending junior colleagues is a small change that all of us can do which has unbelievable impact.
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This is so cool.
Never pre-ordered a record so quickly.
Pre-order Life Is Yours zoetrope vinyl now from Blood Records 🌷 blood-records.co.uk/products…
The limited-edition picture disc features animated artwork by Drew Tetz. Available on a first-come-first-serve basis @bloodrecs
New album out 17th June
#LifeIsYours
