HeyJaredChad of Arabia’s Corporate Playbook
Unfiltered advice on corporate success and surviving the modern workplace, from an HR veteran who's seen it all.
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One Bad Day (opens the original)
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I wrote the other day about the difference between a manager and a leader, the actual difference, not the crap they print on office posters. Boils down to one thing. Pressure lands on the guy, and he either wears it himself or he shoves it down onto the people under him.Bunch of people messaged me after asking basically the same thing. Alright, so how do I figure out which one I’ve got sitting above me.So here’s how. There’s a question I use for it and it’s never once let me down.On his worst da
I Didn’t Lose It the Second Time (opens the original)
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I wrote a while back about the one hour in ten years a man got under my skin. Same man came back for round two. This time it went differently, and the whole thing turned on a chair.If you read the piece on leaders and pressure, you already know the shape of him. He takes whatever’s landing on him from above and puts it straight down on whoever’s closest, and for months now that’s mostly been me. Mornings were the tell. He’d surface late in the morning and the first call of the day was usually th
What a Man Does With Pressure (opens the original)
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One of my team sent me something this week. I won’t describe it, you’ll see it for yourself. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1216" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!24En!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%
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