Insights on scaling yourself as a leader, so your impact grows even as your own time and attention are limited.
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As you become more established in your career, your network gets bigger. But the number of people you can comfortably say, “I have no idea what I’m doing here” to gets smaller. That’s why leaders don’t always need advice. Sometimes they need peers they can trust with an unfinished thought.
Course/Scaling Yourself/People
Burnout does not come from the workload. It's the leadership pattern underneath it.
Career/Leadership/People/Scaling Yourself
You've already said no to most things. So why does the wagon still feel impossible to pull? The Pumpkin Patch Moment I have this photo of my daughter at a pumpkin patch. She's maybe three years old, determinedly pulling a wagon with a few pumpkins in it. Her whole body is leaning into it. She's […]
Career/Leadership/People/Scaling Yourself
If your team can’t think strategically without you, that is not a compliment. It is a warning sign. This is the essence of what I call The Context Keeper Trap, one of the most common ways capable product leaders unintentionally limit their impact. On the surface, it looks like leadership: you are in every pivotal meeting, […]
Career/Leadership/Natural Authority/People/Scaling Yourself/Team/Tips and Tricks
Ever feel like you’re doing great work but still not getting noticed? You’re not alone, and the fix isn’t a new title. It’s something deeper. I once had a mentee who wanted a promotion and a bigger team. I asked why. What about his current role wasn’t satisfying? Was it the pay? What was driving […]
Leadership/People/Scaling Yourself/Team Acceleration/Tips and Tricks
Imagine the scene: If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. As a leader, this is the battle that we all face. But can I be truthful here? The problem most likely lies with your approach. The easiest path is usually to: But simply working harder will not end this cycle, and the simplistic advice of […]
Entrepreneurship/People/Scaling Yourself/Team
I recently went to a talk by @mikeonads about Adserving and Scalability. I went prepared to hear about the technical bits of scaling and to do a compare/contrast of some of the challenges that the ad industry faces versus high-volume search (where I have been spending most of my cycles lately.) Surprisingly, Mike did not lead with that. […]
