Practical Works

Previously an organizational and leadership consultancy by @cap. 💔

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As of May 24th, Practical Works is shutting down so @cap can go to work for @Primarydotcom. The website will be left up so that anyone can still see how the business was set up, how much I charged, my policies page, etc.

It's been an immense pleasure. ❤️

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The problem, typically, is not with tools like Agile, OKRs, Radical Candor, etc. The problem is with the people using them.

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I've sent @lara_hogan's First 1:1 Questions to so many people lately (both managers and non-managers), and every person has told me it's been super useful:

https://t.co/xaFdHM2vmi

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Again, I really appreciate and feel lucky that this is successful enough for me to do this full-time and to have to stop taking on new clients. I will tweet whenever new spots open up, and I'll still be doing office hours each month, so heads-up for that!

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As of today, I'm officially not accepting any new coaching clients. I will open up new bi-weekly and monthly opportunities when someone ends their coaching with me.

I'll be updating the site soon to reflect this, but wanted to let folks know!

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I'm still open to one-off work with companies, speaking engagements, etc. btw! Ideally looking to limit that to one company per month (which has so far been how it's mostly played out!).

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In my experience, having Monday off typically does not mean a four-day work week. It means a five-day week compressed into four days. Fight the good fight, cancel those Monday meetings instead of moving them.

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Curious about management, but not sure if it's for you? I wrote about how you can figure it out on @askplaybook:

https://t.co/FmyCVvtBa1

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Oh also happy Friday!

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Have been giving this advice to people a lot lately, so figured it was worth sharing more widely.

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If you're consistently stretching your team to get everything done, you're doing three things:

1. Burning folks out.
2. Producing just-okay work.
3. Making it harder for you to make a case for more headcount/budget because "everything got done."

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The struggle people have is that saying "no, we won't do this," doesn't always mean it doesn't get done, but rather it's done very poorly. This is hard to let happen, but it's necessary to achieve the longer-term goal of staffing well and doing great work.

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Talking to 10 people today as part of my monthly Office Hours.

Coffee ✅

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A few recruiting truths that should be universally understood:

The candidates you’re talking to aren’t “lucky” to be interviewing with you.

Your company is not exceptional amongst companies they could work for.

There is no such thing as an unbiased process. Be aware.

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Asking for help is a skill that's a lot more valuable than boldly going into situations where you're set up to fail.

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It's okay to not be great at everything! Be conscious of the areas you aren't as skilled in, so that you can confidently ask for help and focus on improving.

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Woke up this morning and all the slots for February were taken! Thanks to everyone who signed up!

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Office Hours for Feb 7th are now live!

30m for $30
https://t.co/wrqI6oUJIK

60m for $50
https://t.co/dUTdTEym6t

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Only 1 hour slot and 2 half hour slots left!