Welcome!I wrote all of the little blurbs beneath the links so you know why I think the article is val | | May 25 - Issue #5 Spent 11 years as a AAA dev learning bad leadership examples. Now I coach and train leads at all levels how to be a good example. Author of Beyond Critical. | | Welcome!I wrote all of the little blurbs beneath the links so you know why I think the article is valuable. First will be my original content, followed by items I curated from reading other sources so you don’t have to. All of it is applicable to leaders in game development or I wouldn’t share it. | | Outliers: One Culture Tip From A Great Book – Keith Fuller – Medium medium.com – Share Summary for leaders: Worth reading. Enjoyable and well written, just don’t expect it to directly address leadership. Here’s one tip I found very meaningful for game dev leaders, though. | Self Care | How To Keep Working Productively When You're Under Extreme Stress | Fast Company | Business + Innovation www.fastcompany.com – Share The importance of self care is one of the recommendations here, which is great to see. These aren’t fluffy tips, they’re important things it’s easy to forget when under duress. | Accountability | A Guide To Ensuring Employee Accountability www.thindifference.com – Share The four steps in this article are all things I teach. Before diving in though, I invite you to take this single action: spend 5 minutes defining what “being held accountable” actually means. | Handling Conflict | The Psychology Of Conflict, And 4 Ways To Work It Out www.fastcompany.com – Share Amy Edmondson is a wealth of valuable information. Read her work. The crux of this article: “Leaders who do not fully grasp the concept that conflict of some sort is necessary and even desirable to teaming are destined to fail in all but the most routine of work environments.” | What Does Culture Really Mean? | Your Company’s Culture is Who You Hire, Fire, & Promote worldpositive.com – Share I love that this article jumps right in by pointing out the distinction between the values stated on the company website and the actual culture of the company. Also introduces the Performance-Values Matrix vis-a-vis the No A**hole Rule. | What I learned at Basecamp last week… – Client Giant clientgiant.us – Share Best takeaways for me: Long form posts are preferred for clarity of thought, and the culture you want requires intense ongoing effort. | Did you enjoy this issue? | |
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