Adipose's "The Exit Interview"

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By gretchen sword

🚩 Don't Trust People Who Don't Send 'Thank You' Notes 🚩

And other corporate red flags

Now listen, I’m not suggesting you need to go out of your way to write a handwritten card, sprayed with your favorite rose water concoction, and sent by carrier pigeon to every person who has ever helped or hosted you. But a genuine acknowledgement of the interaction, in whatever way is most appropriate, is how we humans keep on keeping on.

Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should

And other fun ways to delegate

This one is meant in earnest with great respect, and also a heavy dose of humble pie for the times I’ve had to learn this. I’ve had many competent bosses and leaders who have shown me how to skate faster, work harder, put in the hours, etc. – At some point, I will find and resurrect my old blog which lives somewhere in the ethers of the internet.

Be Coachable

or..."be not conformed but be transformed"

“Be Coachable:” it was both an instruction and a commandment from my dad to me. “She’s tremendously coachable,” he wrote to Eric Schmidt about my upcoming move to San Francisco with Bloomberg West, encouraging him to give me a “tour of Google.” 🙃 “Be Coachable,” to me - as a way to exist and thrive in Corporate America.

Sex, Death and HR

Lesson # 1

Leadership > Management

Managing is a title, leading is a skill.

I remember the first time I saw it—on someone else’s calendar: Leadership Meeting. Executive Leadership Team. ELT.

Death by a Thousand Papercuts

The joy of micromanagement

What gets lost when a micromanager clings to a middle-management position like a rat on a cheetoh?