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Have You Been Ignoring Implicit Feedback, Letting Your Career Pay the Price?
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A Simple Guide to Financial Independence
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Managing Up — Stories and Guidelines for Working with Senior Leaders
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Fake It Till You Make It — To Become a Leader, Act Like One
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How I Transformed Amazon's Internal Transfer Process
Anecdotes, ranting, and some personal philosophy.
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6 Ways that Good People Build Trust, and Become Leaders That Others Follow
What type of leader do you want to be? One core identifying feature of admired leaders is how many people follow them to their next role. And trust is…
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Fake It Till You Make It — To Become a Leader, Act Like One
I found, rather than waiting for my promotions at Amazon, I was more fulfilled and grew myself as a leader by pretending I had already been promoted.
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Three Tales from an Amazon Bar Raiser
A few examples of situations I went through as a bar raiser, one of the most entertaining positions at Amazon.
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A Three Topic Article — Interviewing, Multiple Choice Management, and My Holiday Gift Guide
Sometimes you have a single topic, sometimes you have three. Today is a 3-fer.
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4 (More) Good Things and 2 (More) Bad Things and 2 Misunderstandings About Working at Amazon: From 12+ Years in Management
A continuation of my previous article about my experiences at Amazon. What they do well, what they don't do well, and in this article, I also mention a…
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3 Good Things and 3 Bad Things About Working at Amazon: From 12+ Years in Management
Line manager to Senior Manager to Director. It was a great place to work, but I have a pretty balanced view of what Amazon does well, and what it…
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Stories of Good and Bad Feedback Dave Received From His Managers
A few anecdotal stories of times I received feedback from the senior leaders in my life
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Good Employees Follow the Rules. Great Employees Break Them.
Because the rules are meant for those who aren't as smart and brave as you. Seriously.
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