When someone on your team is on parental leave, leave your 1:1 on the calendar and use that time to record what you would have shared with them. This will help them catch up once they return.
Outstanding advice from #LeadDevSanFrancisco
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Such a fab talk by at on effective delegation. “Delegating a task without delegating any of the decision making is micromanagement.” Pretty sure (and love!) that his story of failed delegation involved me! 😂 #LeadDevSanFrancisco
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Become a more strategic leader, today! 💫 Find the strategy cheat sheet and the STABB Framework for strategic leadership at bit.ly/strategy-time
Thanks so much for having me, #LeadDevSanFrancisco
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Super helpful framework for strategic leadership from here: lenareinhard.com/articles/how-t #LeadDevSanFrancisco
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Yay! I finally get to meet in person today! Her talk at on strategy and leadership is a must watch with practical tips on how to lead strategically and zoom out from tactics to the bigger picture. “Strategic leadership is for everyone.” #leaddevsanfrancisco
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Never gets old. ✈️
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I’m looking forward to speaking at this coming Wednesday, August 10, at 9:20am PT in Vancouver. If you’re attending, let’s hang! #TractionConf events.bizzabo.com/traction22/age
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Made a batch of peach habanero hot sauce for the Mailchimp Customer Team! 🌶🔥
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👋 Hey there! I’m speaking at in Vancouver on August 10th! If you’re attending, I’d love to connect to say hi! 👋
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If there‘s one thing I see most companies we work with struggle at is that most communication still happens in meetings. As they push towards a more remote culture, meetings are still the place to disseminate information and make decisions. Why is that?
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Technical- or people leaders in hybrid companies (in-office & remote work), I want to hear from you!
Answer 4 questions, share your experience & help others succeed in hybrid work! Responses will become part of a QCon talk & article.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI
Pls RT for reach 🙌
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Took the day off of work to visit with these two.
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Today’s office scenery.
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Today’s harvest. When life gives you peppers, make hot sauce.🌶
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Thanks for having me ! And thanks to all who joined my talk and shared great feedback and kind words. That was fun! If anyone wants to chat about intentional leadership, commerce & small biz trends, coaching, or whatever, please message me! ✌️ #SaaStrAnnual #SaaStr
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Hi, Bay Area! 👋 I’m looking forward to speaking at today at 1:45pm PT, and I’m excited to learn from so many leaders and operators. Join my talk on lessons learned and unlearned as an entrepreneur (aka my top 10 mistakes)! 😅 See y’all soon.
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With a history in product design, startups, and leadership, Mailchimp's Sara Hicks handles the company's commerce strategy. Don't miss her talk at #scaletech this October!
scaletechconf.com/speaker/sara-h
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Excited to join these SaaS leaders at on Sept 27-29! My talk is on lessons learned (and unlearned) as a cofounder/CEO while scaling a product & biz, pivoting after acquisition, and launching a commerce solution to 14M+ customers!
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📢 We have some big news to share: is acquiring Mailchimp! Like us, understanding small businesses is in Intuit’s DNA. Together, we’ll take our marketing platform to the next level to help solve our customers’ biggest problems.
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This week it’s a banana harvest! 🍌
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Too real! 👩🏻🍳 💋
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Good harvest! It’s time to make pesto and ferment peppers for hot sauce.
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So proud of our Commerce team! 🚀
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Our customers have created over 10,000 @Mailchimp Stores since we launched the feature 3 months ago! And, we’re continuing to add more commerce and marketing features so entrepreneurs have everything they need to start and grow with us.
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“The mountains are calling, and I must go.”
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If you read nothing else on this platform today, take a moment and read the entire statement from on her decision not to take the Knight Chair at UNC, and to teach instead as a tenured professor at .
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💥 Excited to announce... I wrote a book!
A lot of engineering leaders worked to be best engineer they could be… and then we were promoted. It's tough to transition roles.
I wrote the book I wish I had when I started leading teams.
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I can't quite put my finger on what's off about this list:
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👏 “…when someone moves to a place with a lower cost of living, we never decrease their pay. That would be preposterous…”
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My brain has felt less dexterous this past year. This article on pandemic brain fog makes so much sense. “We’re all walking around with some mild cognitive impairment.” theatlantic.com/health/archive
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Interesting lessons about YouTube’s operating cadence as they scaled. Mapping strategic planning to sprint planning, and establishing and iterating upon rituals and best practices for product teams, are often underestimated priorities.
Puzzle morning! 🐶 😘
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Game night!
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I can get used to half-day Fridays. Summer hours FTW! (My team is hiring. If you’re interested in a role in product management, let’s talk!)
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Today is the start of half-day Friday Summer hours at work, so it’s Friday afternoon gravel rides this Summer! ✌️
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All human interactions in relationships (whether work or personal) stem from our desire to feel love, safety, and belonging. In what way might your old patterns of communication be tied to your personal fears around belonging? buff.ly/3uMrwnO
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Hello Boulder! ⛰
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