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Mentorship
I enjoy being a mentor and helping others on their career journey. Over the past year, I’ve been dedicating some time every week to make myself available as a mentor and here are some lessons learned on what makes mentorship sessions useful and some tips as an mentee…
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Learning from failure
I once joined a team, at an early stage startup, in the middle of a big ramp - developing new features and racing toward critical deadlines. Our sales cycle was seasonal and in only a few weeks after I joined, we were expecting a fairly large traffic bump and were planning to onboard a lot of new customers, but the team had done some projections and felt well prepared. As soon as I joined, I reviewed the projections, capacity planning that was done and felt there was enough headroom for the expected growth…
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Taking on an existing team
I’ve stepped into leading existing teams several times – both in a re-org and when joining a new company. Seeing a newcomer, especially from outside of the company, can create anxiety in the team around the leadership change. Let’s look at how to build trust with the team quickly and get started on the right foot without causing disruptions…