7 articles by Brooks
Async leadership: writing as a management skill
On a distributed team, your writing is your leadership. Most managers treat it as an afterthought, and it shows.
Leading a team you never see in person
Remote leadership isn't in-person leadership over video. It's a different job, and the managers who admit that do it better.
When a high performer is hurting the team
The person hitting every number can quietly cost you more than they bring. Here's how to tell, and what to do about it.
How to build trust on a team that barely meets in person
Trust on a remote team is not built in the rare offsite, it is built in a hundred small signals between them.
What to do when your one-to-ones feel like status updates
If your weekly one-to-one sounds like a project report read aloud, you're wasting the most valuable half hour you have.
Why your team doesn't tell you the truth (and how to fix it)
If nobody ever pushes back in your meetings, that's not agreement. It's a warning sign you've learned to ignore.
How to ask for feedback you'll actually act on
Asking 'do you have any feedback for me?' reliably produces nothing useful, and there's a better way.
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