Managing Up

Moving Past "Hero Culture"

Feb 15, 2023

58:35

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The Importance of Constructive Feedback in an Organization

01:37

The Power of the Server - It's Okay for Heroes to Happen Every Now and Again

01:46

Are You Rewarding People for Communicating Really Well?

03:55

Introduction

3min

I Love the Idea of Gap Filling

2min

Is There a Gap Filling Problem?

4min

The Hero Role in Product Management

2min

Is There a Race of the Year?

2min

Is There a Hell Week in Seal Training?

5min

The Seasonality of a Hard Deadline

3min

You're Not Going to Get the Dopamine Hit Every Time

5min

Why You Shouldn't Distinguish Rewards

3min

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Are You Rewarding People for Communicating Really Well?

4min

11.

Are You Going to Go Fight for This?

3min

12.

Managing Up - Is This a Good Thing?

3min

13.

COVID Changed the Management of People

3min

14.

The New Generational Approach to Management

3min

15.

Is Being a Professional a Hero or a Hero?

2min

16.

How Do We Recognize It in Ourself?

3min

17.

It's Review Season, I Regret to Inform You

2min

18.

The Importance of Constructive Feedback in an Organization

2min

19.

You Can't Sleep on Review Season

3min

20.

The Power of the Server - It's Okay for Heroes to Happen Every Now and Again

2min

Nick, Travis, and Brandon talk "hero culture" and how that affects teams. What are the drawbacks of encouraging hero culture? How do you draw the distinction between necessary heroism and chronic hero culture? What's the difference between heroism and professionalism? They also discuss common pitfalls of trying to overcome hero culture, and what it means to set a sustainable example.

Show Notes:

Do Hard Things by Steve Magness
- https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Things-Resilience-Surprising-Toughness/dp/006309861X/
Navy Seals "Hell Week"
- https://navyseals.com/nsw/hell-week-0/
Radar Charts
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_chart
Kevin Goldsmith's Lead Dev talk on combining ingredients for the perfect engineering team
- https://leaddev.com/team/finding-right-ingredients-perfect-engineering-team