Management Our 6 Must Reads for First-Time Managers to Hit the Ground Running Becoming a manager is like no other professional experience. It requires gaining a whole new skillset incredibly fast. This list will help you nail that transition.
Management Humans Hate Being Spun: How to Practice Radical Honesty — from the Woman Who Defined Netflix’s Culture Patty McCord created the famed 'Culture Doc' that became Netflix's foundation. Here, she talks about how to make honesty everyone's default.
Management First Round Review's 6 Must Reads to Run Fast, Efficient Meetings We've featured advice from some pretty smart, successful people about how to run better meetings that don't sap energy or waste time. Here's everything they've shared.
Management These 13 Exercises Will Prepare You for Work's Toughest Situations Maggie Leung, VP of Content at Nerdwallet, has encountered every management challenge. Here, she shares the one practice that helps her thrive through difficult decisions and conversations.
Management How Fidji Simo Finds Focus and Creates Conditions for Intentional Work Instacart CEO and former Facebook VP of Product Fidji Simo shares tactics to master focus in a world where possibilities are endless and the stakes are high.
Engineering How Instagram Co-founder Mike Krieger Took Its Engineering Org from 0 to 300 People Instagram Co-founder and CTO Mike Krieger built one of the industry's leading technical teams from scratch. Here's how he navigated rapid scale.
Management Our 6 Must Reads to Make Self-Care Your Competitive Advantage Too many of us abandon healthy habits in order to work more. But the most successful among us know that self-care is a secret weapon to get more done better.
Management ‘Pitch the Immeasurable’ and Other Leadership Tips It's not easy making the transition from manager to executive. One Medical VP Marketing Vanessa Hope Schneider shares the lessons she leans on from her marketing, PR and publishing days that have helped her become a better leader.
Management The Don’ts That Turned Alexis Ohanian into the Leader He Is Today Alexis Ohanian is back at Reddit and excited to pick up where he left off. As he starts this new chapter, he's looking back at the things he DIDN'T do that made all the difference.
Management Track and Facilitate Your Engineers’ Flow States In This Simple Way Cynthia Maxwell has led engineering teams at Slack, Apple, Yahoo! and Pinterest. Here's the management framework that's become one of the most powerful resources in her toolkit.
Management This Matrix Helps Growing Teams Make Great Decisions As CTO of Flatiron Health, Gil Shklarski has had to keep a rapidly-growing technical team aligned through many tough decisions. This is the framework that works every time.
Management Our 6 Must Reads for Scaling Yourself as a Leader To succeed in tech, you have to grow not just your skills, but also your energy, your time management, and your approach to work. This is a good place to start.