Lara Callender Hogan

Almost everybody I know is doing some math on longevity in their current role.

(This is an updated version of a post I first wrote in 2017.

Vicarious learning is a real thing: we absorb skills and knowledge by watching others, hearing about their mistakes, seeing what worked.

Many of us are feeling stuck.

I’ve been working with the rad team at Fly.io for the past few months as a fractional VPE, mainly focusing on management-y and culture stuff as the team grows.

We face decisions every single day, big and small.

As I’ve learned more about how humans interact with one another at work, I’ve been repeatedly reminded that we are very easily influenced by the mood of those around us.

“What we recognize is what we reward.”

Congrats, you’ve made it through your first 2 months as a new hire in a leadership role!

Woohoo, you’ve made it through the first 30 days in your new leadership role, and you didn’t change a thing!