How to Rands

A manager readme.
Michael Lopp

Transcript

1. How to Rands lopp / calibrate /
2. Welcome to $THE_COMPANY!
3. Beware the dip of despair.
5. ☹
7. How we’re going to work together.
8. 1 My Northstar principles 2 Nuance and errata 3 Our average week
9. 1 Our average week
10. • 30 minutes. Every week. No matter what. • Substance. Not status. • Private Slack channel. For both of us. 1:1
11. • 60 minutes. Every week. No matter what. • A Metric appetizer. • Substance. Affects the entire team. • Shared group document. For all of us. Staff
12. • If you send me a deck, I’ll read it. • Meetings start on time for a reason. • My calendar is public for a reason. Meetings
13. • There’s a formal feedback cycle. • OKRs used for good, not evil. • Feedback is a practice we’ll practice. Feedback
14. You can Slack me 24/7. I like responding quickly.
15. I travel a bunch.
16. I like working on weekends.
17. I take vacations. You should, too.
18. My Northstar principles 2
19. Humans first.
20. Leadership comes from everywhere.
21. I believe in systems.
22. I heavily bias towards action.
23. It is important to me that humans are treated fairly.
24. I believe in the compounding awesomeness of continually fixing small things.
25. I believe busy is a bug and not a feature.
26. HIGH ALERT
27. Nuance and Errata 3
28. I am an introvert.
29. I read the room.
30. 1:1s are very important to me.
31. I can be hyperbolic.
32. I love to start new things.
33. If I am on my phone during a meeting for more than 30 seconds, say something.
34. Humans stating opinions as facts are a trigger for me.
35. Humans who gossip are a trigger for me.
40. I believe we are never done learning to become better leaders.
41. Thank you lopp / calibrate /
42. Q&A lopp / calibrate /