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From The Heartbeat Podcast: A chat with Jason Fried
As CEO and co-founder of Basecamp and a NYTimes best-selling author, Jason shares three things he wish he learned earlier in running Basecamp for the past 18 years.
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From the Web: Latest leadership reads
How Tech Employees Really Feel About Their Bosses
âOne in three tech employees feel that their bosses have a negative impact on company culture, according to a survey of 20,000 workers in the tech industry.âPublished by Fortune
Itâs 2017 and Mental Health is still an issue in the workplace.
âLast week a personal email I wrote was retweeted over 7,000 times, and liked by almost 30k peopleâŚâWritten by Ben Congleton, CEO of Olark
Harassment in Tech: Getting Beyond Words & Committing to Action
âNow itâs up to all of us to decide what next. Do we just tweet angrily and go back to status quo?âWritten by Hunter Walk, Partner at Homebrew VC
Itâs a dangerous time to be a bad CEO
âHalf of the CEO jobs that changed hands in the wholesale and retail industry in 2016, for instance, were outright dismissals, rather than mere retirements, compared with 14 percent in 2015.âPublished by The Washington Post
The More Senior Your Job Title, the More You Need to Keep a Journal
âThe French philosopher Blaise Pascal pointed out that âAll of humanityâs problems come from manâs inability to sit quietly in a room alone.ââPublished in HBR
5 favorite leadership reads
Why good bosses tune in to their people
âThe most effective bosses devote enormous effort to understanding how their moods, quirks, skills, and actions affect their followersâ performance and humanity. âPublished in McKinsey Quarterly (this is one of my favorite pieces of all-time!)
Lazy Leadership
âLetâs just get this out there: on paper, Iâm a terrible CEOâŚ.âWritten by Andrew Wilkinson, Founder of MetaLab
Four Of My Biggest Mistakes As A New CEO And The Single Reason I Made Them
âThe year? 2013. The place? Likeable Media. I had just stepped in as CEO. âŚâWritten by Carrie Kerpen, CEO of Likeable Media
Research: We Drop People Who Give Us Critical Feedback
ââŚpeople tend to move away from those who provide feedback that is more negative than their view of themselves.âPublished by HBR
What Do Workers Want from the Boss?
âSo, what do workers want from their managers? In a word, communication.âPublished in WSJ
Just for fun
When Just Vanilla Wonât Do, How About a Blueberry Pie Oreo
Published in the NYTimes