Geoff Mazeroff

Dates covered: September 17-23, 2018 (week 38 of 52)

Business

• Tech’s ultimate success: Software developers are now more valuable to companies than money (via The Software Mentor)
• How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery (via Harvard Business Review)

Career

• Starting Again in Software (via The Software Mentor)
• People Who Graduate During Recessions Earn Less Money — but They’re Happier (via Harvard Business Review)
• Succession Planning (via Software Lead Weekly)
• How Your Company Can Support Junior Engineers (via Software Lead Weekly)
• Secrets from the Interview Room — What Reviewers Look For in a Take-home Coding Assignment (via Software Lead Weekly)

Communication

• A 4-Step Plan to Make Your Q&A More Audience-Friendly (via Harvard Business Review)

Culture

• Research: Simple Prompts Can Get Women to Negotiate More Like Men, and Vice Versa (via Harvard Business Review)
• Protecting Company Culture Means Having Rules for Email (via Harvard Business Review)
• How to Get Better at Reading People from Different Cultures (via Harvard Business Review)
• Use Your Everyday Privilege to Help Others (via Harvard Business Review)
• Corporate Culture Is… (via Software Lead Weekly)
• Why every social media site is a dumpster fire (via Vox)

Leadership

• How to Fire Someone (via The Software Mentor)
• How to Retain and Engage Your B Players (via Harvard Business Review)
• How to Help Your Team Manage Grunt Work (via Harvard Business Review)

Process

• Why you shouldn’t share your goals (via The Software Mentor)
• The power of doing nothing at all (via The Software Mentor)
• The Surprisingly Valuable and Lasting Lessons I Learned from a Horrible Project (via The Software Mentor)
• Why Design Thinking Works (via Harvard Business Review)
• A 6-Part Tool for Ranking and Assessing Risks (via Harvard Business Review)

Productivity

• Too Many Projects (via Harvard Business Review)
• How to Tell If You’re Delegating Too Much — and What to Do About It (via Harvard Business Review)
• You Have to Stop Canceling and Rescheduling Things. Really. (via Harvard Business Review)
• 4 Ways Busy People Sabotage Themselves (via Harvard Business Review)