Geoff Mazeroff

Leadership How Supportive Leaders Approach Emotional Conversations (via HBR) Avoid dismissive phrasing, minimization, negation, prescribing solutions, and toxic positivity. Validate their experience. Seek to understand. Guide emotional and physical support. Offer specific support. Invite perspective instead of prescribing a solution….

Agile Agile Doesn’t Work Without Psychological Safety (via HBR) Most people get wrapped around the Agile axle talking about tools/frameworks; however, if you aren’t able to miss expectations and learn from it, you’re missing the point. Business How to Motivate…

Career Coaching Manage Your Organization as a Portfolio of Learning Curves (via HBR) The S Curve is about one’s trajectory: a period of slow progress, a rapid ascent as you learn more, and a sense of mastery at the peak….

Business How Business Can Build and Maintain Trust (via HBR) Data protection and cybersecurity Treating employees well Ethical business practices Admitting mistakes quickly and honestly Career Family Ghosts in the Executive Suite (via HBR) I think the advice in this…

Accountability 3 Strategies for Holding Yourself Accountable (via HBR) Enlist an accountability partner Go public in declaring and sharing goals Change your environment Behavior change The “New You” Business (via HBR) Although the article’s focus is on how to use…

Behavioral science How To Stay Motivated So You Exceed Your Goals (via Behavioral Grooves) People feel good when they are making progress, especially when it’s more than they expect The middle problem — beginning = enthusiasm, ending = finish is…

Culture How Leaders Can Build Connection in a Disconnected Workplace (via HBR) Make workplace connection a ritual. Friendships need positivity, vulnerability, and consistency. Make it easy to ask for support. Make onboarding more experiential. Make recharging a reality. Learning and…

Agile Dependencies Are Killing Your Agile Flow at Scale (via Mountain Goat Software) This post covers how dependencies can become bottlenecks if not managed well. It also describes ways to work through those dependencies, as they will likely never truly…

Career The Upside of Feeling Uncertain About Your Career (via HBR) “You hear colleagues say things like, ‘I want to make a difference’ and ‘I want to feel like my work matters,’ and privately fret, ‘Well, I want those things…

Org structure Hunting Tech Debt via Org Charts (via Software Lead Weekly) This post covers common org chart arrangements and how different incentives create different outcomes. Engineering, product, security, and flat-structured orgs have pros and cons.