The δeltas newsletter February 10th How to Network When You'd Rather Be Anywhere Else ↓ I have a confession to make. I talk about networking constantly. In the Manager OS cohort, I teach the "Rule of 2" as a core networking tool. I emphasize it when teaching candidates how to land their next job. I spent an hour on it yesterday in the free session, AI-Powered Job Search: Find & Land Your Next Role. But here's what I don't talk about enough: this stuff is hard for me. I'm an introvert. Right...
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The δeltas newsletter February 3rd Why Netflix Wants You to Interview at Google ↓ Ted Sarandos, Netflix's CEO, said something that would get most HR departments to panic: "It's not disloyal to take a call from recruiters. Openly interviewing and giving Netflix the salary data benefits all of us." Netflix actively encourages employees to interview externally. Most companies? They call that disloyalty. Last week, Amazon announced another 16,000 layoffs. That's 30,000 jobs gone in three months....
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The δeltas newsletter January 27th Your Former Peers Now Report to You. Here's How to Make It Work ↓ You walk into a meeting with your team. Same people you've been working alongside for months or years. Except now, something fundamental has shifted. They report to you. This happened to me twice. Once when I got promoted to director and some of my manager peers moved to report to me. Again at a large nonprofit where people I'd collaborated with for years suddenly became my "direct reports."...
26 days ago • 4 min read