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  The Crying Game: It’s OK to Cry at Work!

  People cry at work, probably more than you think. Crying at work is OK. If it makes you uncomfortable, then that’s your problem. For some reason, people tend to trust me with information they don’t generally share with others. I honestly have no idea why maybe I have a trustworthy…

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  Stuck in the Middle (Management) With You.

  Middle management isn’t sexy, but it’s essential. It’s not a dirty word. I’m a middle manager and I’m proud. When I started my career at the turn of the century, middle management was perceived to be a dirty word, a word that expressed incompetence and inefficiency. At the time they…

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  Feedback: Be a little German, Be a little American.

  Giving feedback is hard; giving good feedback is even harder. What can we learn from the alternating extremes of German and American feedback cultures? What people say and what they mean. People sayAmericansBritishGermanIt’s needs some work.You’re fired.Please put this in the bin.Fine.It’s acceptable.Please don’t make me call human resources.Needs some…

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  Does the Tech Industry have a Drinking Problem?

  Is the social acceptability of drinking within the tech industry causing us an exclusion problem? I have a complicated relationship with alcohol. My mother was an alcoholic who drank herself to death. I’ve used alcohol as stress relief and as a tool to combat my introverted social tendencies. In fact;…

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  The Friend Zone: Not Just a Problem for Dudebros.

  Getting ‘Friend Zoned’ is a fear of all douchebag alpha male dudebros. But, as a manager how do you balance being a friend with being a colleague? The thing that I’m worst at is working how close I should get to my colleagues. How much I should let them into…

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  Comfort Zones: Pushing Your Team to Greatness, One Step at a Time.

  Being outside of your comfort zone is, well, uncomfortable. However, it’s a place where there are creative things to learn and excellent growth opportunities. So how do you support your team take their first steps into a world so loved by shouty management gurus? I could jump-start this post with…

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  Imposter Syndrome: How to deal with it in others.

  One of the biggest challenges of leading a team of developers is dealing with their fragile egos and the problems that arrive from Imposter Syndrome. If you’re not familiar with imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is: A psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a…