Management

Best Practices

Some insightful posts I've come across over the years that have helped shape my management philosophy:

• Principles of High Performing Organizations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15133593
• Communications: https://basecamp.com/guides/how-we-communicate
• Outsourcing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15831784
• Leadership: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3408082
• Forecasts and Deadlines: http://txti.es/kahneman-outside-view
• tl;dr: https://www.metafilter.com/186908/So-hows-that-work-from-home-working-out-for-you-at-home#7922871

One-on-One Meetings

One-on-One (O3) meetings are invaluable. Meeting for a half-hour every two weeks seems about right to me.

I share a Google document with each member of my team as a running agenda for these meetings. It gives me and the team member I'm meeting with somewhere to drop notes before we meet. Here's an example:

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FC6PZhx-Sp1Hq0nLSM8gsWO0_KwdcLAlioPEMYHopCc/edit?usp=sharing