Dates covered: July 9-15, 2018 (week 28 of 52)
Business
- 4 Signs an Executive Isn’t Ready for Coaching (via Harvard Business Review)
- What You Need to Know About California’s New Data Privacy Law (via Harvard Business Review)
- 7 Compensation Strategies for Cash-Strapped Startups (pay for performance, cover expenses pre-tax, reduce turnover risk, invest in training, equity or profit sharing, promote balance/flexibility, give a title) (via Harvard Business Review)
- When Cost-Plus Pricing Is a Good Idea (via Harvard Business Review)
Career
- How to Mentor Someone Who Doesn’t Know What Their Career Goals Should Be (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to be judged by your output, not your time in the office (via Cameron Presley)
Culture
- Do Your Employees Feel Respected? (via Harvard Business Review)
- The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent (via Harvard Business Review)
- Open Source Sustainability (via The Software Mentor)
- The Other Diversity Dividend (via Harvard Business Review)
- Why Do Toxic People Get Promoted? For the Same Reason Humble People Do: Political Skill (via Harvard Business Review)
- 4 Ways to Create a Learning Culture on Your Team (reward continuous learning, give constructive feedback, lead by example, hire curious people) (via Harvard Business Review)
Leadership
- Etsy Presentation: Camille Fournier – The Manager’s Path (via Software Lead Weekly)
- 8 Tips for Being a Good Tech Lead (via Software Lead Weekly)
- How To Lead When You Have No Authority (via Software Lead Weekly)
- New Managers: The Complete Guide (via Software Lead Weekly)
Process
- One CEO’s Approach to Managing His Calendar (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to Use Mindfulness to Increase Your Team’s Creativity (via Harvard Business Review)
- Microsoft: ‘For goodness’ sake people, cut down on the meetings!’ (via Ken Jones)
- Engineering leadership and Minecraft: Surviving your first night (via Software Lead Weekly)
Software development
- Why we all choose to not pay back tech debt (via The Software Mentor)
- What’s the Best Way to Pair? Pomodoro, Ping-Pong or Pair-mate? (via The Software Mentor)