Thread by @philvenables

Management 101 (+ remote working)

More detailed post here : philvenables.com/post/managemen…

I have run organizations, large & small, local & remote, for many years. I have been the beneficiary (& victim) of many management and leadership approaches. This list is some I've used.

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I’m not going to write down the anti-patterns of good management, they’re pretty obvious and mostly boil down to: if you’re an egotistical, narcissistic, a-hole then no amount of HBR articles/other topics are going to stop you from creating a poor work environment.

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Let's focus on the positive patterns that in my experience have been most effective - some flavors of these seem to work for all, but in your context might need adaptation. These blur the lines between management & leadership - but I recognize they are different.

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1. Communicate a vision - repeatedly, often and with context.
2. Have regular 1-1’s with your direct reports - and have them set the agenda.
3. Build a library of positive (emblems) and negative (shrines of failure) case studies.
4. Have regular skip level meetings.

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5. Be part of some priority projects.
6. Be a customer.
7. Coaching points.
8. Boot camps.
9. Remind people not to follow the 90 day rule.
10. Have “Forums” every year (or ideally every 6 months).
11. Team communications.

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12. Worship your goals - OKRs, etc. but don’t make them false gods.
13. Invite input - constantly.
14. Invite other people to your team meetings.
15. Make your people visible / actively promote them.
16. Find ways to work within your personality.

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17. Work hard to make social events inclusive.
18. Work hard against your diversity blind spots.
19. Get reverse mentored.
20. Hire people better than you - it’s your only way to promotion.
21. Automate everything: don’t ask a human to do a job that a computer can do.

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22. Enthuse small wins, to you they might be small but to everyone else they could be huge.
23. Don’t forget the human things.

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