Geoff Mazeroff

Culture Work Is Not Your Family (via TED) Work and family are different entities with different goals, expectations and responsibilities, and therefore should be separated and boundaried. To where maybe we land into a workplace and we hear “we’re like…

Compensation Rewriting the story of compensation (via SWLW) Shopify has made compensation an organic story rather than a fixed contract. People need different things at different times, so they allow people to allocate cash and equity in a flexible way….

Bias 3 Workplace Biases that Derail Mid-Career Women (via HBR) Unfair assumptions — typically around being a parent or women being capable leaders Unhelpful attention — the competence vs. likeability double bind Unequal access — mid- to senior-level leaders can…

Career How to Build a Career in a New Industry (via HBR) Map the terrain by looking at LinkedIn bios for senior people to see what their path looked like Recognize you’ll need to take the lead. Network broadly so…

Career How to Figure Out the Power Dynamics in a New Job (via HBR) Different kinds of power… coercive (force), reward (incentives), legitimate (hierarchy), referent (affiliation), expert (knowledge authority), informational (access to scarce information). Identify which people others seek out…

Burnout 3 Types of Burnout, and How to Overcome Them (via HBR) Overload — working harder and more frantically to achieve success. Develop stronger emotional regulation skills, and separate your self-worth from your work. Under-challenged — being bored and understimulated…

Career How to Get the Best Possible Recommendation from a Job Reference (via HBR) Choose references that will be enthusiastic about you Prep your references so they are set up to help you (the article lists example questions) Manage “backdoor”…

Career Stop Offering Career Ladders. Start Offering Career Portfolios. (via HBR) It seems that rapid change is the new normal. “Linear” careers seem to be few and far between. The author talks about portfolios of things an employee could do…

Career Ask for What You Need at Work (via HBR) Apply the magic 5:1 ratio of healthy relationships. This means that for every negative feeling or interaction between people in a relationship, there must be five positive feelings or interactions….

Communication How to present to executives (via SWLW) This article has several useful patterns (and anti-patterns) for communicating with a very specific set of people. You need to understand how your audience consumes information and what they need from you….