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20 links, first saved May 16, 2017, latest November 18, 2021.
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- Management Coach & Trainer for the Tech Industry | Lara Hogan
- Don't soften feedback. | Lara Hogan
Hogan with advice that every manager and leader needs to hear repeatedly. The thing to keep in mind is that while it is difficult for you, the feedback giver, it is better for the…
- We need to talk about your Q3 roadmap | Lara Hogan
Some good perspective from Hogan and how your team and coworkers may be feeling and how to engage them as we all continue to navigate so many unknown waters.
- How I’ve improved my remote presentation setup | Lara Hogan
Another writeup on improving your setup for presentations. Another use of a beam splitter. Hogan also has the Elgato Key Lights which I've been wanting for a while. I also thought…
- Handling the Emotional Weight of 1:1s | Lara Hogan
This is some excellent advice. 1:1s are critical to the relationships with your team, everyone's development, and addressing issues before they become problems. But doing them…
- Set future performance reviews up for success now | Lara Hogan
Hogan's thinking and writing on these topics is brilliant. I like how she prescribes a method for approaching feedback throughout the year. One thing I have seen often is that 1:1…
- Tough love for managers who need to give feedback | Lara Hogan
For people managers this is a particularly common time to be writing performance reviews. This 'tough love' from Lara Hogan is a good framing on how to approach giving feedback.
- Managers: what do you do when your teammate shares their grief? | Lara Hogan
I've been caught unprepared when someone on my team shares some bad news or sad events that have happened in their life. Engaging the right way in those difficult things is very…
- Recognize your management wins | Lara Hogan
Managers and leaders could use some more time talking about and reflecting on their wins. As I scan through this list of themes and examples, it strikes me that a lot of them…
- Creating predictability and stability in times of rapid change | Lara Hogan
Hogan's writeup here is spot-on for what many people are going through in the workplace. The advice I share in that post is (I hope) still useful during this wild time, but…
- Socially visible progress | Lara Hogan
Interesting advice for managers. How often do we just move on to the next thing? ESPECIALLY in our work as managers! There’s no launch party for a reorg :D There’s no trophy for…
- Roleplaying Difficult Conversations | Lara Hogan
Roleplaying is a very useful way for managers to work through tough messages. I like this perspective on why you should take the time to do it. Practicing difficult conversations…
- Advice for a new executive | Lara Hogan
Every bit of this is absolutely great. I particularly like the recommendation to "Always have a story". 💎
- Week in Review Leadership Comms | Lara Hogan
I have been publishing a Tech Weekly email to our tech team at SPS using the patterns I’ve built for the Weekly Thing. I like what Hogan highlights here on how she used a similar…
- Feedback Equation | Lara Hogan
This is very similar to Crucial Conversations training, but succinct and easy to digest.
- Leadership Style Colors | Lara Hogan
This article instantly made me think of Insights which I have used through Discovery Yourself many times. I've seen teams get value out of having shared language around colors and…
- Meetup Architecture Principles | Lara Hogan
I like everything about this -- the method they went about doing it and the outputs. I think it’s a very good idea to have these sort of aligning principles for technology teams.
- How to Organize a Working Group | Lara Hogan
I liked the structure and specificity in this how-to guide. “Working groups” is a hand-wavy term that can mean a lot of things; I use this term to describe a small group of people…
- Management and Leadership Worksheets & Tools | Lara Hogan
Interesting reference material for managers.
- Tracking compensation and promotion inequity | Lara Hogan
Some great examples of reports and analysis from the VP of Engineering at Kickstarter to identify compensation inequity in a team.
- What does sponsorship look like? | Lara Hogan
What members of underrepresented groups in tech often need most is opportunity and visibility, not advice. They have to work extremely hard and be extremely good at what they do…