Working with different personality types, “it starts with education, not assumptions”

 How to manage introverts and extroverts | Network WorldWe asked managers in the tech world to share what they've learned about working with different personality types. One fundamental lesson emerged: It starts with education, not assumptions.  As someone who self identifies as an introvert, I find that the label is not binary, but rather a [...]

Move toward a transparent culture by making employee salaries open

@FirstRound How Chewse Operationalized Transparency — Starting With Salaries | First Round Review In Chewse’s early days, Lawrence and Schenck debated how to best show appreciation to their employees. “We considered different benefits programs, but it always came back to compensation. People really care about their comp. We wondered, what was the most authentic way to [...]

People in superstar mode want a world they can change. Those in rock star mode seek a world they can stabilize.

@FirstRound Warning: This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Talent Planning | First Round ReviewHow to Tell Your Stars ApartThere’s a lot of jargon to describe superior performers on teams: 10x engineer, sales wizard, growth ninja. “Superstar” and “rock star” are also thrown about liberally, but Scott is on a mission to reclaim them —not as labels for [...]

Los CEO psicópatas abundan en Silicon Valley

 y tal vez fuera… ;-)Psychopathic CEOs are rife in Silicon Valley, experts say – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home"Hay una alta proporción de CEOs psicópatas en Silicon Valley, permitido por inversores protectores y departamentos de recursos humanos débiles, según un panel de expertos en el festival SXSW", informa Olivia Solon para The Guardian. Aunque el término" [...]

The top 3 reasons why employees quit

Surprisingly, Glassdoor found a handful of factors had no impact on turnover. These include work-life balance, senior leadership, and compensation and benefits ratings. …The top 3 reasons why employees quit | ComputerworldPoor company culturecompany’s overall ratingscareer opportunitiescorporate culturecompany values  Moneya 10% increase in base pay raised the likelihood by 1.5% that the average employee would [...]

From C++ to the C-Suite: How Software Engineering Made Me A Better Executive

First Round Review • From C++ to the C-Suite: How Software Engineering Made Me A Better ExecutiveDecompose in order to directProducts, like teams and companies, are systems that address complex problems. … To tackle his new set of challenges, he leaned on decomposition or factoring, which breaks complex systems into components that are more manageable to [...]

We Stopped Using The Term HR (And This Is What Happened)

Via @officevibe We Stopped Using The Term HR (And This Is What Happened)Why Does A People-Centric Culture Promise Harder Workers? Because people are happier. Whether it’s by offering them unlimited vacations, allowing them to work remotely, giving meaningful feedback or constant recognition, it is about showing them through concrete actions that they really matter. There need to be traits [...]

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Management skills are support skills; people skills.

@Trello's People VP talks about how the company is doing with on boarding, management, performance reviews, company culture and goals and compensation setting…Management skills are support skills; people skills. It’s about figuring out what makes someone tick, understanding their concerns and figuring out how to make them better at their job.An interesting "case study" from [...]

5 ideas para comprender por qué la sensibilidad y los negocios será el binomio del futuro

 @sintetia 5 ideas para comprender por qué la sensibilidad y los negocios será el binomio del futuroSer PAS es un reto diario, no es fácil ni todo es color de rosa. De hecho lo fácil es que si eres PAS te sientas muchas veces mal (muy mal), incomprendido, con ganas de aislarse, desconectar de una cabeza [...]

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