Great leaders seek to develop the leadership capacity of those they lead. As an institution, a business ought to be like an assembly line that churns out leaders, all but guaranteeing smooth ...

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Managers, listen up. If you want to build strong relationships and communication habits among your teams, open up a Google Doc or grab your favorite whiteboard marker. Now write down these three words ...

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This is your direct report, not your boss's. It is your responsibility. Unless you've got an amazing relationship with your boss, this could (and should, imo) be seen as a failure to manage on your ...

We’ve spent decades building frameworks to help people lead teams: courses, certifications, coaching, culture decks. All aimed at shaping better managers of humans. But that’s no longer enough.

Understanding what your direct reports do and don’t need to know ensures smoother communication and leads to better outcomes. The better you and your mentees know each other, the more support and ...

In the past week, without meaning to, I’ve met several former direct reports in different contexts. (In org-speak, a direct report is someone whose evaluation you write.) They’re all terrific people—I ...

Not a trick question at all. The number of direct reports and overall reports plays a role in how a person is compensated. If Pontiphex is right, that's a wide range that can have serious implications ...

I’ve shared many of your articles with my “direct reports.” There’s a thought: “direct reports”. In our insanely politically correct world, we’ve gone out of our way to avoid calling them ...

Four Tesla execs announced in the past week that they were leaving or had already left the company. Several of the executives had worked at Tesla for nearly a decade or more. Tesla is set to unveil ...