As you go through your career, like you learn lessons, you also end up managing more senior people under you who themselves are even more capable of taking fairly nebulous context or high level perspectives and making great decisions about what to do. I'd say there's a lot of Dunbar influence in there,. Like everyone talks about 150 as this really important Dunbar number, but you actually describe different levels where you go from sort of your really close personal relationships to like up to, I can remember it. This number of people's names. One big transition point is we feel too big to be a single team. Maybe you need a light, you know, like Trello or a pivotal track
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How often do you ask your team what’s on their mind? Asking what matters to them can tell you a lot about the organization, and if everyone is working toward the same mission.
If everyone has a different answer, then something may be off.
In episode #123, Rob Zuber explains why having skip-level conversations is so powerful in ensuring there is team alignment and mutual understanding.
Rob is a three-time founder and five-time CTO. Today, he is the CTO of CircleCI, a continuous integration and continuous delivery platform that can be used to implement DevOps practices.
Rob goes on to explain his process with skip-level meetings, his role of being a CTO, and what failing gracefully means to him.
Tune in to hear all about Rob’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way!
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