1-on-1 What's the difference between a 1-on-1 and a professional development check-in? A 1-on-1 is something that you do once a week with your direct reports, perhaps even more often.…
Question 1: “What's on your mind?” This question opens up the floor to your direct report to talk through what they're thinking about and what's bothering them, whether it's project-related,…
Welcome back to Management 101 with me, your host, Max Wenneker. Before we get into today’s episode, I first wanted to apologize to my tens of listeners for the extended…
Time management has been on my mind a lot lately. I have observed many founders and company leaders who, particularly in the face of larger shifts in the labor marketplace,…
Hello and welcome to podcast episode three. I'm your host, Max Wenneker. And thanks for joining us today. And by us, I mean me. Today we're going to be talking…
Hello, and welcome to another edition of Management 101. I am your host, Max Wenneker. Thanks for joining again. Today we're going to talk about 1-on-1s. I'll talk about what…
This podcast is going to be focused on how to be a better manager and leader. It's going to be focused particularly on the startup setting, which has its own…
Recently I had a conversation with a startup leader who told me that it took her a long time to realize just how connected her job satisfaction and the company’s…
In the last post I discussed why most companies’ org structures don’t work well. The main reasons are that 1) they result in a disconnect between the company’s biggest problems…
You’re working on a big project for your company and need to get people from other parts of the company involved. Maybe you’re a customer service leader and need some…