8 articles by Raman
The five conversations every new manager avoids (and how to have them)
The talks you're dreading are usually the ones your team most needs you to have. Here's a structure for each.
The first 30 days: onboarding a new leader onto your team
You hired a strong leader, then left them to figure it out alone. Here's how to onboard one so they succeed faster and stay longer.
The career conversation your best people are waiting for
Your strongest performers rarely ask about their future out loud. The ones who leave are usually the ones nobody asked.
Twelve questions that make one-to-ones better
Better one-to-ones rarely come from a better agenda. They come from asking a sharper question and then being quiet.
Giving feedback to someone more senior than you
Feedback up the chain is harder than feedback down it, but the moves that make it land are surprisingly small.
Managing people who used to be your peers
Getting promoted over your friends is one of the hardest transitions in work, and pretending nothing changed makes it worse.
What to do in your first week as a manager
Your first week as a manager is for listening and learning, not for proving you deserve the title.
The manager's first one-to-one: a script for getting it right
Your first one-to-one sets the tone for every one that follows, so spend it on them, not on status updates.
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