#4 The Retrospective 27th of May 2024

Chapters (notes below): 00:00::00 Awkward intros 00:00:51 Reflecting on Benoit's (CPTO of Lunii) guest appearance last week and the 4 day work week 00:14:28 What correlates with happiness? 00:28:59 Peter's articles on getting hired as an EM - part 1 & 2 00:32:32 Hands on/Hands off Engineering Managers 00:39:02 You need to have multiple CVs! 00:44:07 Drop some nuggets in your CV 00:46:34 Is AI being used to screen me? 00:51:16 Should I use AI to write my CV? 00:53:01 Hot tips for how to use AI 00:58:08 Clickbaity AI 01:01:59 Four Key Questions for Managers That Boost Team Performance 01:09:32 Trust and performance management 01:15:26 Should I share my answers? 01:18:11 Layoffs and low performers 01:22:58 Low performers, the vampire in your team 01:24:25 Retention risk and tracking over time 01:25:40 Give it three months 01:26:23 How to get started 01:28:09 Share your work at 20% done 01:31:55 Being right the first time and the Ikea Effect 01:34:09 Jeremy's pivot 01:36:48 Should our newsletters be perfect? 01:39:49 Homelabbing woes 01:48:44 Looking forward to next week Show notes Our previous show about Lunii’s 4-day workweek experiment: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7199358260410245121/ Peter’s earlier article about a Hungarian company trying the same: https://peterszasz.com/the-end-of-a-4-day-workweek-experiment/ Timsons, a family-owned business focusing on employee happiness: https://www.timpson.co.uk/ you can read more about how they are run here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1J7x50pDt5DrcPJ57B7kkM9/6-things-we-learnt-from-the-ceo-of-timpson-s The History of Guinness and it’s social impact - https://faithandleadership.com/stephen-mansfield-god-and-guinness Peter’s newsletter including the activities / happiness correlation research: https://peterszasz.com/week-21-2024-frustration-and-happiness/ Not the article Peter mentioned, but a great talk on why we should not send money to Africa: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/series/39/20090409-dead-aid-why-aid-is-not-working-and-how-there-is-a-better-way-for-africa Hungarian charity giving targeted help to specific homeless people: https://vanesely.hu/english/ Peter’s articles about Getting Hired as an EM: Women less likely to apply for jobs they don’t feel fully qualified for: https://hbr.org/2014/08/why-women-dont-apply-for-jobs-unless-theyre-100-qualified Jeremy: AI prompting article to ask for clarifying questions: https://www.descript.com/blog/article/11-best-chatgpt-prompts Growth design website to give tips in design experiences: https://growth.design/ Jeremy’s recent Performance Questions article: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/four-key-questions-for-managers-that-boost-team-performance/ …and the original one about debunking performance rating myths: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/17-debunking-performance-rating-myths/ Nine Lies about Work book: https://goodreads.com/book/show/40086702-nine-lies-about-work Jeremy’s article about the Baseline Principles for Teams: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/21-baseline-principles-for-teams/ The Five Dysfunctions of a Team book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21343.The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team The 9-Box Performance Evaluation Model: https://www.bamboohr.com/blog/9-box-grid Jeremy’s article about sharing your work early: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/the-20-percent-rule/ …and his earlier one about the IKEA Effect: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/the-ikea-effect/ Peter’s article about Homelabbing for Engineering Leaders: https://peterszasz.com/homelabbing-for-engineering-leaders/ Craft Conference 10: https://craft-conf.com/2024 Share your thoughts about the episode (and the podcast) at feedback@the-retrospective.com!