Marcel Weekes
When you ask folks what they’d like more from their manager, the answer is almost always they want more feedback. I read it in just about every performance review of a manager that I cover.
Content: Quotation | Author: Marcel Weekes | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Training & Development
Marcel Weekes
Exceptional managers know how to deal with situational differences. They don’t bring a single hammer to every problem in front of them. They assess the situation and then they look to their toolkit — or go find new tools — in order to motivate and support that individual.
Content: Quotation | Author: Marcel Weekes | Source: First Round Review | Subject: Management
Marcel Weekes
Folks (often rightly) assume that in order to grow their influence and their career at a company, their value is measured in their number of direct reports. As a company, it’s vital to carve out career tracks for folks who want to be deep-diving ICs and technical subject matter experts, without devoting their time to solving people problems. So, for starters, consider how you’re rewarding … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Marcel Weekes | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Marcel Weekes
When it comes to setting expectations — for example, assigning a deadline for an upcoming project — always make it a two-way dialogue. Ask your team: “Is this an aggressive but reasonable goal? Is this something we can land?” And it almost doesn’t matter if the answer is yes or no, because what you’re doing is opening up the space to have a further dialogue … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Marcel Weekes | Source: First Round Review | Subject: Management
Marcel Weekes
In the first couple of 1:1s start putting together a written document. How does the report like to receive feedback? Are there things that trigger them? What are the things they want to do more of? What are their ambitions? Where do they feel they need to be pushed? … That helps set the table for how this relationship will go. Invest the time upfront. … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Marcel Weekes | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Training & Development