If you are a leader, your work starts with a great notebook 📒🖊️. I really mean it. Make sure you have good quality paper and pen, so you can write without any distractions whenever you need to do that. Let's take 1:1s as an example. Whenever your boss writes something

John Doerr, one of Intel's most successful salespeople, once said, "We need teams of missionaries, not teams of mercenaries." How does it translate to the tech industry? 🧵👇 Short explanation. Missionaries believe in what they do. They align themselves with the organization's mission. While mercenaries "just" do what they do to

5 Characteristics of a high-performing team leader, according to the book Accelerate. Visionary, inspirational communication, intellectual stimulation, supportive leadership, personal recognition. Visionary - do you have a plan for the next 2-5-11 months (the rest quarter, half-a-year or year)? Are you on track toward these goals? If not progressing, what's

The essence of leadership I shared probably a hundred times with teammates: There are many lessons here, but the most important one for me - you don’t need to have an authority to lead. Go and build the movement! 💃🎶

Your company is running out of money for trainings or conferences? Buy your people great book(s). Read it first, extract concepts you want to share with them, and give the book to them. 📖 Don't have a budget for that too? What about sparing 10-50$ from your salary for that?

How to assess whether your teammates are empowered? If they face a problem or obstacle and come to you saying, "I couldn't do this because I faced that problem," they are not empowered. If they face a problem or obstacle and come to you saying, "I couldn't do this because