The truth behind telling the truth
Plus collective knowledge, dropping video calls, and more.
Welcome to another edition of ProductiveGrowth 🌱, weekly stories about productivity, leadership, motivation, and anything else that helps you and your team grow, plus industry news on the companies, products, and services that allow us to work less and do more.
The Takeaway
Welcome back! Hope you enjoyed the first issue. Leadership has been redefining itself since the pandemic started, so I am sharing information about managing teams and how useful, honest communication is more important now than it has ever been before. Plus, Roam Research released new features, fellowships, and more!
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EDITOR’S PICK
❤️ Spoiler alert: being insanely honest makes you a better boss
This might sound obvious, but honesty is key when managing teams. While being polite and formal is part of it, sometimes you need to care a lot--and also curse a lot. Candor, Inc.’s CEO, Kim Scott, shares how sometimes she just needs to tell her team they’re being stupid.
💻 Remote work: teams being apart could be better for communications
… When done right. Working from home has made our jobs sort of on-demand. Meaning, we work when we’re the most effective, or when we can’t procrastinate anymore. Fostering this behavior while safeguarding decision making and team effectiveness is something Ariel Camus, CEO of Microverse, explains marvelously.
👫 Leading teams, a collective knowledge
A forum conversation for an article called “How To Be a Manager” turned out to be the perfect index of guides for leading teams. Everyone shared their tools and tips, proving once again that we’re stronger together.
📚 Read, and then actually remember it
The more you read, the more you forget. No, it’s the book’s fault, it's your brain’s. But there are several methods for retaining that info. If you’re struggling to pick one, this article hosts a battle between Zettelkasten and P.A.R.A., with pros, cons, and everything in between.
Discover
Love the pleasure of note-taking by hand but want to skip the ink? The Remarkable 2 E-reader and notepad review is here and people are having mixed feelings about it. See it for yourself!
Google is entering the hybrid spreadsheet-database space by introducing Google Tables. Make tracking your work easier than ever with Google Tables.
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1 Quote
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing. - Peter F. Drucker
1 Question
Is what you’re doing right now the best use of your time, energy, and attention?
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IN THE KNOW
News on the companies, products, and services that allow us to work less and do more.
Sales, IPOs, Bankruptcies, Funding and Industry Gossip
Zoom skyrockets 47% after reporting blockbuster earnings.
Stockholm-based Teemyco bags €845K to ramp up virtual office platform to meet demand amid COVID-19.
Brandfolder acquired by Smartsheet for $155 million.
Releases
Roam Research releases new features, the Roam Fund, and more.
Workflow management software Karbon releases Time & Budgets features.
Job Opportunities
SocialChorus - US, remote - Engagement Manager
Brightidea - San Francisco, US - Senior Product Manager
Pipedrive - Lisbon, PT- Junior Product Designer
Events
October 1 (virtual) - ClearPoint 14.5 Reporting Workflows by ClearPoint Strategy
October 8 (virtual) - Leading Product Teams Masterclass by TechAlliance
October 14 (virtual) - MIT Sloan: Leadership in the Time of Crisis
December 9-13 (virtual) - Sales Hacker Success Summit
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Edited by: Lauren Maslen.
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