Harnessing Pressure for Creativity Through Downtime

Sabina Nawaz shows you how to cope with the pressures that come with leadership. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The perils of getting promoted 

2) Why asking for feedback isn’t enough 

3) The power of shutting up 

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— ABOUT SABINA — 

Sabina Nawaz is an elite executive coach who advises C-level executives and teams at Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and academic institutions around the world. During her fourteen-year tenure at Microsoft, she went from managing software development teams to leading the company’s executive development and succession planning efforts for over 11,000 managers and nearly a thousand executives.  She is the author of YOU’RE THE BOSS: Become the Manager You Want to Be (and Others Need). 

• Book: You're the Boss: Become the Manager You Want to Be (and Others Need) 

• Website: SabinaNawaz.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Martyr: A Novel by Kaveh Akbar 

• Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

• Book: The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert Sutton 

• Book: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson 

• Past episode: 204: How to Survive the Jerks at Work with Robert Sutton 

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