Firing someone is one of the hardest things a manager has to do. Even when it’s necessary, it rarely feels good—and most managers delay the decision longer than they should. But firing someone with care doesn’t begin the day you deliver the news. It...
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Your hiring process is important; it’s a vital part of building a great team. When hiring, you’re obviously looking for people who will be great at the job. But should you be hiring people in rock-star mode or people in superstar mode?
Whenever injustice at work happens, you will play at least one of four different roles: person harmed, upstander, person who caused harm, or leader. You may at different moments play all the roles. And sometimes, confusingly, you may even find...
This post about balancing team growth and stability is an adapted excerpt from Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Get bulk book discounts for teams and download our reading guide to test your knowledge of the concepts as...
You may have heard the saying: people don't leave their jobs, they leave their managers. More specifically, they leave micromanagers and absentee managers.
I recently spoke to CGTN and the New York Times about new pay transparency laws that require employers to disclose salary ranges. These new laws are the first step toward narrowing unjust disparities that create significant roadblocks to success for...
One of the most important things any manager of managers can do to foster a culture of Radical Candor is to have so-called “skip-level meetings.” I don’t love the term “skip level” because it reinforces hierarchy and the whole point of this process...
Every CEO, middle manager and first-time manager I have ever worked with has struggled to figure out how to run a productive staff meeting.
Having one-on-one meetings on a regular cadence with each of your direct reports is probably the most important thing you do as a manager.
With more people working in remote and hybrid environments than ever before, company, team and individual goals must be explicit and measurable. Setting goals is an ideal way to stave off what Microsoft calls "productivity paranoia."