Management hacker • I help people get more joy from their leadership practice and make organizations better.
May the holidays bring you the chance to rest, recharge, share, connect and laugh. Thanks for reading my newsletter, spreading the word, sharing your feedback, and giving me the opportunity to guide you on your awesome leadership journey. Here’s to more in 2025! Alberto
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Whether you completed every item on your backlog or didn't quite make it to the awesome leadership land, I bet you can look back on your 2024 with pride. You showed up, inspired a person or two, and laughed at yourself when you did the exact opposite of
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I just read a short post about helpfulness as an amplifier. It was written by Josh Spector, a very generous content strategist that I'm a fan of. According to Josh, it pays to be helpful. I agree 100% (and I bet you do as well!) However, it'
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These 2 are my favorite questions when it comes to making up my mind. I memorised the 1st one about 8 years ago. This is my tactical one that helps me clarify what to do next as the day progress: Question 1 What's the most important thing I
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Be mindful before giving unsolicited feedback, especially, when you're dying to tell people they were wrong AND you have the key to make it right... WHAT'S AT STAKE People might perceive you as someone who makes problems bigger (instead of smaller). TO AVOID If you really
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In part 1 we kicked harder than slide decks. In part 2, we’ll defy the notion of “vision” and trade fortune telling for succeeding in the now; all this under 3 minutes. Enjoy! HABIT #2: HACK VISION “Be a visionary” or so they say… We’ve been persuaded to
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Are you in the middle of a career transition? I've made this mixtape for you based on my personal taste and on what I recommend to close friends 🤟. Here you'll find quality over quantity and a range from the subtle to the practical. Rock on! 💡I
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The other day, at my day-job, I learned that it takes way more time to complete an internal coaching program we provide. Our hypothesis was that after 9 months or so, people will be ready to continue the journey by themselves. However, after gathering some data, we realized we need
Companies who "transform" with Agile–but now ditch Agile–didn't transform at all. They just: * Signed up for a multi-year-gym-membership plan. * Didn't show up to the gym to work out.* * Didn't observe results while staring at the mirror–of course! * Cancelled the
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Forget complicated models. This 1-min to read ⚡️Pro-tip will help you show others how awesome leadership looks like. Read on to dive in the scary world of walking the talk–our habit #1. WHY [👟 the 💬] MATTERS: Your habits punch harder than PowerPoints because they... * Signal to others what's
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I have used it for years. It has helped me decide what to do next. I have recommended it countless times; taught strategy, product, and technology teams how to apply it. Heck, this was my go to prioritisation trick! But a couple of months ago, I noticed something. An obvious
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There are things I can't delegate to AI. For example: "here, eat my chocolate!" Oh no, that's a hard no. Not because this is impossible, but because I do like chocolate! Eating it brings me joy and helps my brain. If you think about