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Have we lost the art of savoring as we live our lives?
There are practically an infinite number of things to savor in this life. The first five categories can be associated with our senses - taste, touch, smell, sight and sound. Unfortunately, some people don't get to savor all five, but typically the senses that they do...

Skip Level 1:1s – Recipe for disaster or success?
Skip level 1:1s can be an extremely effective way to build your rapport and cohesiveness with your larger team. Obviously skip level 1:1s can only happen if you have direct reports who are managers, thereby giving you the possibility of having 1:1s with their direct...

The Power of Infinitely Sustainable Operations
In Simon Sinek’s book, The Infinite Game (another must read book on my list), he astutely calls out the fact that business is often treated or “played” as though it’s a “finite game” when in fact, it is not. It is an infinite game. This has some rather profound...

How I conduct 1:1s with a People First Operations approach
I’m going to start by reiterating a point made in my previous blog post about 1:1s: For a manager of people, there is simply no other meeting that is as important as a 1:1 meeting with a direct report(s). I consider 1:1s to be “sacred” and treat them with extra care...

The Extreme Importance of One-on-One’s (or 1:1s)
If it's not obvious from the name of my company - People First Operations - I'll just say that a regular 1:1 between a manager and their direct reports is extremely important. And if it seems odd that I would make such a statement because that's already well-known,...

People First Operations – THE Keystone Habit
When I first moved into the engineering manager role back in 2013/2014, I realized that I was unprepared from a leadership skills perspective. I will tell more of my story soon in another post but suffice it to say, I quickly dove into many Audible books on my daily...

The Prioritized 3 Wins Method
People First Operations is a foundational leadership and management practice for operating any organization whereby every aspect of how the organization runs is continuously evaluated and improved using The Prioritized 3 Wins™ method. The 3 wins, in order of priority,...
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