Time management gets all the attention, but energy management might be the secret sauce — in leadership roles where constant context-switching is a curse. Over time, I’ve learned to manage my energy alongside my time. Here are a few practical approaches that have worked for me: 1. Knowing Your Energy Boosters and
When promoted to a leadership role, one may wonder if it’s necessary to continue functioning as an individual contributor (IC). For instance, a product manager may be tempted to write a PRD and launch a feature instead of delegating them to a team member. Frequently cited reasons for taking up IC work
Feedback from managers could be misinterpreted by team members. Here is one possible misinterpretation – Imagine you had a feedback session with your manager. Your manager listed 5 items under “areas to focus on and improve”. Since there were a bunch of things to work upon, you pick up 2 items from
Sheela, the Director of products had a quarterly feedback session with her PM Sahil. She conveyed the following to Sahil – “Hello Sahil – Good to have you join our team (from the last quarter). Things have gotten better after you joined and started managing the customer experience initiatives. Few long pending
