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Two properties I admire most in coworkers are ownership and urgency.
Ownership: "No matter what, excuses aside, this is on me."
Urgency: "What’s the point in doing this if we’re not going to do it as well as we can?"
Shout out to my mom (always), Lin-Manuel Miranda / Ron Chernow / Alexander Hamilton, and the optimistically dissatisfied ICs and managers that I have the privilege to work with daily that embody these values.
Full post here: https://blog.danielna.com/high-ownership-high-urgency/
"Wait a second - have you seen the movie 8 Mile?" A phrase I've uttered a surprising number of times at work when coaching both managers and senior ICs through tactical approaches
The enduring lesson from B-Rabbit's greatest moment in the sun? The best way to win a debate is to preempt it. The "8 Mile Method" in a work context is about empathy, pragmatic compromise, and getting to yes.
Warning: Lots of 8 Mile spoilers ahead, but it was released in 2002, so 🤷🏻♂️.
Wrote some thoughts about presenting to an executive audience, which I’ve had much more exposure to over the last several years. While some points are obvious (e.g. executives are extremely busy), the dynamics and outcomes of those points are things that would be less obvious to me without the reps.
To summarize my advice:
- For a 60 minute meeting, 15 minutes total presentation time and two topics, max.
- Make "crisp asks."
- Don't deliver a narrative.
