by Lauren | 24 Jul 2013 | Accidental Bosses & Leadership, Business, Curiosity
Like most people in the tech sector, I’ve worked for my share of young, inexperienced bosses – young turks who’d gotten ahead by being brilliant at one aspect or another of their business, but who hadn’t managed a team of people before. After a few...
by Lauren | 13 Mar 2013 | Accidental Bosses & Leadership, Business, Values
A note about this post: None of what follows is a legal opinion; I’m not a lawyer, and I haven’t run this past a lawyer to see whether I’ve held to the letter of the law in my recommendations. I recommend you consult legal advice before terminating...
by Lauren | 6 Mar 2013 | Accidental Bosses & Leadership, Business, Self-awareness
Yesterday, I spoke at Ubizo, a conference for small business owners workshopping business challenges with peers and mentors. This is the written version of the talk I gave, which is a little different than the version I actually gave. I was asked to speak about a...
by Lauren | 6 Feb 2013 | Accidental Bosses & Leadership, Business
A lot of us accidental bosses – those of us who found ourselves leading a team because we’re good at doing the work ourselves – are terrible at delegating. One version of that resistance sounds like this: “I just feel like it’ll take more energy to...
by Lauren | 2 Nov 2012 | Accidental Bosses & Leadership, Business
A colleague of mine recently landed a new gig where she’s in charge of a team of ten. It’s the first time she’s held an officially managerial role, and she confessed to me, “I feel like I need to go to boss school.” “Boss School! I...
