How This Head of Engineering Boosted Transparency
Not long after James Everingham joined Instagram as the head of engineering, results came back from the employee satisfaction survey that’s conducted every six months. The marks were pretty good, but one problem spot caught Everingham’s eye: the low transparency score.
^ADJ: I found this article and some of the thinking particularly interesting - especially around decision making.
Elimination Planning: 5 Questions To Improve Your Productivity
Instead of asking, “How can I increase my productivity”, ask, “What is causing me to be unproductive?”
While you can probably quickly generate a mental list of answers, that question on its own still leaves confusion for exact next steps. Again, lack of clarity often leads to procrastination.
Google Spent Years Studying Effective Bosses. Now They Teach New Managers These 6 Things | Inc.com
Using Project Oxygen, an internal study that analyzed more than 10,000 manager impressions including performance reviews, surveys, and nominations for top-manager awards and recognition, Google identified eight habits of highly effective managers. Google also designed a management training workshop to share its newfound knowledge with its bosses and now the world.
There's only one way to truly understand another person's mind
It’s often said that we should put ourselves in another person’s shoes in order to better understand their point of view. But psychological research suggests this directive leaves something to be desired: When we imagine the inner lives of others, we don’t necessarily gain real insight into other people’s minds.
The qualities of the rich: 10 things that self-made millionaires have in common
I’ve interviewed millionaires all over the world, and what you might be surprised to know is that most of them aren’t as money focused as you would expect. Sure, it’s important and they think about it, but when it comes to the success they have had, they talk more about things like mindset, attitude, vision, belief, self-growth, confidence and continued learning. The bottom line: getting rich is not all about money.
More specifically, here are 10 things self-made millionaires focus their energy on that makes them successful: