i need people who have just done this over and over again, and i know that they can do this. A, everybody on this team just needs more years under their belt. I know two people from my last job, and they would both be a great fit here,. Ok. Would you be willing to talk to anybody outside of your last company? Sure, but we need to just move really ok. Well, if that's true, you know, tha, that's kind of change from the way we've done things before. And just for me, um, that's going to make me feel like i don't really care what might work for me?"
Shirley loves her job as a product manager for a startup, but she can’t stand her manager. He’s inefficient, old-fashioned, and entirely unsupportive of her work. “Just so you know, you don’t deserve this,” he told Shirley when she recently got promoted. Is there anything Shirley can do to make her work situation better? On this episode of How To, we bring on Patty McCord, former chief talent officer for Netflix and author of Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, to give Shirley some tips. Shirley ought to approach the situation the same way she would any product she works on: “Be the person that is the problem fixer, not the problem finder,” says Patty. Complaining or staging a coup will go nowhere, but approaching your manager with tangible solutions for improving your relationship could make a difference.
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