Inside the Scale

In today’s story, a person of color accepts an opportunity to join a different team with a new manager, but is pushed out after failing to embrace the team’s culture.  How important should “culture” be?  And what is the relationship between culture and performance? On the last episode of our first season, Anna and I talk about this experience with Teila Evans, a former ERG (Employee Resource Group) leader. For the full story, check out the newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

In today’s story a company’s outreach team takes on gun violence in a neighboring poor, black community, ignoring warnings from an employee that the effort would be insensitive and careless.  Was there a better way for the company to make an impact?  And what would you have done if you were that employee? Featuring Karen Fleshman, founder of Racy Conversations. Check out the story in the newsletter here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

In today’s story a boss decides to renew a particularly difficult temporary employee’s contract, despite receiving an ultimatum from one of his full-time direct reports, who he asked for an opinion on multiple occasions. When would you make this type of demand?  And what if this weren’t a temporary employee?  Anna, Chris Doenlen, and I ask each other some thought-provoking questions in this podcast episode. For a copy of the full story, check out the newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

In today's story, an attorney attempts to correct the boss's disregard for gender identity on multiple occasions, while representing clients for that exact problem.   How would you convince your manager to take pronouns more seriously?  And how long would you try? Featuring Rachel Ayers. For a copy of the full story, check out the newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

In today's story, an attorney attempts to correct the boss's disregard for gender identity on multiple occasions, while representing clients for that exact problem.   How would you convince your manager to take pronouns more seriously?  And how long would you try? For a copy of the full story, check out the newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

In today’s story a woman that was previously overlooked for a promotion in a male-dominated department is finally offered the job, only to be met with hostility from the rest of the team.  Anna and I discuss this deceivingly simple story at length with Emily Grove, an employment attorney, on the podcast.  \r\n\nIf you were that manager, would you seek help from senior management?  And what would you do with your rebellious team?\r\n\nFor a copy of the full story, check out the newsletter.\r\n\n\n--- \n\nSend in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

Today’s story is about a difficult financial situation at work.  How do you keep employees engaged when money is tight?  And what can you do when your company's decisions impact your own finances. For a copy of the full story, and questions you should be asking yourself, check out the newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

What do you do if your boss asks you to rate your peers for layoffs? And what would a better boss do? Check out the story in our newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

What do you do if you’ve gone above and beyond your job responsibilities but your boss jumps ship and leaves your career in someone else’s hands?  Over and over.  Check out the story in our newsletter. Featuring Caitlin Hutcherson, Technical Program Manager at Optimizely. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

What do you do if you’ve gone above and beyond your job responsibilities but your boss jumps ship and leaves your career in someone else’s hands?  Over and over.  Check out the story in our newsletter. Featuring Caitlin Hutcherson, Technical Program Manager at Optimizely. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

In this week’s two-minute newsletter, we talk about how the "inclusive" practice of asking everyone to speak up in meetings can have unforeseen consequences.  Featuring Caitlin Hutcherson. Check out the story in our newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

You might think the "old boys' club" is a thing of the past, but it hasn’t gone anywhere.  Featuring Teila Evans and Anna Cockell. Check out the story in our newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

You might think the "old boys' club" is a thing of the past, but it hasn’t gone anywhere.  Featuring Teila Evans and Anna Cockell. Check out the story in our newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

You might think the “old boys' club” is a thing of the past, but it hasn’t gone anywhere.  Featuring Teila Evans and Anna Cockell. Check out the story in our newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

Here’s what's on the agenda today: a technical customer support engineer is held to a double standard by customers and her boss.  Check out the story in our newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

Here’s what's on the agenda today: a technical customer support engineer is held to a double standard by customers and her boss.  Featuring Susan Haynes and Anna Cockell.   Check out the story in our newsletter.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

Anna Cockell and Sara Cate Jones join me to discuss the first Your 9AM newsletter story about an engineering leader who walks by a meeting and notices an uncomfortable interaction involving two female team members and other leaders at the company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

Anna Cockell and Sara Cate Jones join me to discuss the first Your 9AM newsletter story about an engineering leader who walks by a meeting and notices an uncomfortable interaction involving two female team members and other leaders at the company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

Anna Cockell and Sara Cate Jones join me to discuss the first Your 9AM newsletter story about an engineering leader who walks by a meeting and notices an uncomfortable interaction involving two female team members and other leaders at the company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/your9am/message

Don't want to listen here? Inside the Scale is on Spotify, iTunes, and Google Travis was SVP of sales at Optimizely First of all, a company with 30 people, any sort of VP title is just wildly inflated. And you have to have some appreciation that doesn't matter what your title is. There's work to be done. Doesn't even actually matter what domain or discipline or department you're in, there's shit to do and you've got to get in and, and do it. 8:55s "Well, anyone that knows me knows at least I attempt to be precise with language. There's a lot of connotation wrapped up. Words matter. And we have a lot of them, at least in our, in our native language... back to back to your question, it's almost very similar to sales, right? When people, people have a connotation that they linked to the word sales. There's this even a visual that is created for a lot of people around sales. And I think process has in a lot of ways, that same connotation that it has this feeling of control and of uniformity and of, and if you carry it to its conclusion, almost dehumanization, you're part of a process, you're not a human, you're stamping this widget as it goes down the line." 16:18s "And we should have been a much stronger steward of that feedback not to do what they told us to do, but to understand them super deeply and then build stuff that they didn't even think was possible. We really had a lot of growing pains when we lost our definition of that and recognizing that that's the whole reason why we existed as a company." 42:00s