Maven is sponsoring a free PM career panel with Marily Nika, Peter Yang, and Gabrielle Bufrem on December 12th. Looks interesting! Check it out. Are you having trouble advancing in your career? Do you feel like your skills and experience don't match your opportunities? If so, one of the most important things to discover is "perception asymmetries." In short, what does B in this drawing perceive about you.
Hi John, I enjoyed this week's post. I've experienced this situation myself and it's difficult to understand (or be understood) when two people don't closely work together, and have very different roles/approaches. I'd like to recommend a book which comes at the subject from a surprising angle:
Nine Lies About Work by Buckingham & Goodall (ISBN: 1633696308)
Particularly, "lies" #5 and #6: "People Need Feedback" and "People Can Reliably Rate Other People." I just recently finished the book and can't say for sure if the authors have solved a mystery, but I found their arguments compelling and make "common sense" to me. The "truths" they propose seem very practical: many practices around people, while good intentioned, are just far enough misaligned from the truth about humanity that folks' work experiences are damaged as a result. I'd be interested in your thoughts, as someone who interacts with such a broad audience on the driving forces + operational approaches of work itself.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on work over the years...as well as your book recommendations. I particularly enjoyed "Drive" by Pink and "How to Measure Anything" by Hubbard.
Hi John, I enjoyed this week's post. I've experienced this situation myself and it's difficult to understand (or be understood) when two people don't closely work together, and have very different roles/approaches. I'd like to recommend a book which comes at the subject from a surprising angle:
Nine Lies About Work by Buckingham & Goodall (ISBN: 1633696308)
Particularly, "lies" #5 and #6: "People Need Feedback" and "People Can Reliably Rate Other People." I just recently finished the book and can't say for sure if the authors have solved a mystery, but I found their arguments compelling and make "common sense" to me. The "truths" they propose seem very practical: many practices around people, while good intentioned, are just far enough misaligned from the truth about humanity that folks' work experiences are damaged as a result. I'd be interested in your thoughts, as someone who interacts with such a broad audience on the driving forces + operational approaches of work itself.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on work over the years...as well as your book recommendations. I particularly enjoyed "Drive" by Pink and "How to Measure Anything" by Hubbard.
-Matt P.