Read about what accountability is and isn’t, how to set up a culture of accountability, and learning from other departments, from my inspiring conversation with Jasmin Jackson-Irwin, a seasoned Revenue Leader who’s built enablement programs in hyper-growth startups.

Build a culture of high accountability in your organization. In the second article of this series, we’ll talk about what accountability is in the context of engineering organizations, lay out how to get started with building a culture of accountability and cover how it benefits your teams.

If you have been unfortunate enough to lose your engineering job, I’m here to help. In this article I lay out three practical sets of steps to take after you’ve been laid off, to help take care of admin, while preparing yourself for what comes next.

Leading during an economic downturn means adapting our thinking, shifting from high-growth and scalability to efficiency. In this article, I lay out concrete steps you can take to prepare for and lead in an economic downturn.

Use these 28 questions to ask yourself about how you show up as a leader, to help you become the best leader you can be. I’m also giving away a free worksheet format of this article, for those who want to work through the questions on paper or distribute it to their team.

As leaders, we cannot be everywhere, all the time. As more and more companies move to hybrid working models, new leadership challenges are brought to the table. Understanding the nuances of remote work and what it means for different groups of people can increase empathy and form a solid basis for a more effective, and more equal, hybrid working environments. 

“Strategic leadership” is a nebulous concept for many leaders - and something that gets thrown around a lot without much explanation. In part one of the ’Stop, Strategy time’ series, I introduce the concept of strategic leadership, what strategy is and isn’t, and outline my three golden rules of strategic leadership.

Hybrid working contains multitudes, it’s not a singular experience. Here are practical steps you should take to create a highly effective hybrid working environment for your teams.

Most startup leaders have no plan, rely on reactive hiring and, here’s the big one, look for copies of themselves. Read my tips for addressing the main issues leaders face when hiring and how to overhaul your hiring process to focus on impact.

Hiring is mission-critical, yet most leaders treat it as an afterthought. Learn about the 15 most common startup hiring mistakes, and offer some tips for how to fix them. By the end, you’ll know how to hire in a way that supports growth and maximizes the impact of your teams.

Use the exercises in this article to create an onboarding plan for the new manager in your startup. I’ve also put together a downloadable onboarding guide that you can use to guide your onboarding process with not just new managers, but all new employees.

Employees may question or outright be against organizational changes. Many startups and scale-ups handle a lot of change, often complicated by initially puzzling employee reactions. Here are concrete steps you can take to address this.

A step-by-step guide to your first role as a manager of managers with lots of practical tips and templates! Includes topics like managing your time, your boss, and your new teams, how to get confidence in your teams, and how to feel successful in your new role.

Have you ever felt like your boss or peers aren’t noticing your work? This topic can be really difficult, but there are concrete steps that you can take to address it.

Steps that managers and leaders can take in times of difficult times to support their teams, take care of themselves, and influence change in their company.

One of the best things you can do to manage up and actively manage your boss is to push information to them and take ownership of giving them context. Here’s how to get started.

Practical tips and checklists for managing and communicating in crisis for team leads, managers, and executives. With a free template for crisis communication and tips based on professional experience.