The manager’s guide to nurturing individual happiness and professional success — Whether you’re a budding manager or a seasoned pro, this article uncovers the essential principles of successful managers, focusing on the first tenet of the manager’s job: making individuals happy and productive. By honing in on this aspect, we unlock the potential of individuals, thereby nurturing happy and productive teams…

Insights from a decade as a Google manager on the key to success and how to be a force multiplier for your team and organization — Have you ever defined your job as a manager? Whether you’re an aspiring, new, or seasoned manager, this article is for you. I’ll share insights and learning drawn from my personal experiences of leading teams for over 20 years (half at Google) and coaching numerous managers. The learnings I collected…

Driving Value by Brokering Human Needs with Company Goals — A manager’s role extends beyond overseeing individuals. I’ve observed many managers who missed opportunities to create value, both for their team members and their company, by neglecting the other tenets of the job: building effective teams and generating company value. I’m convinced that these two tenets are what set exceptional…

Back in 2013 I read an article about why Gen Y will never be happy. I adopted this equation from it and made it my life hack: In December 2022, after months of naively dismissing complaints about back and leg pain, we learned that my mother had stage 4 cancer…

On May 15th, at 11:47 am, my mom took her last breath. It was the first time in my life that I experienced the fullness of end-of-life moments, unlike simply attending a funeral. I was by her deathbed during the last week of her life, having flown in frequently over…

It was May 8th, 2023. I called my sister for no special reason. She picked up the phone. She sounded panicky, on the verge of crying. In her half-breaking voice she half-asked and half-yelled at me that she’ll call me later. I pretended to keep my calm, said “sure” and…

I am the third child and youngest sibling. I am seven years younger than my beloved elder sister. When I was nine years old, I remember visiting her room and noticing a paper scrap she had hung on her wall. …

As international Women’s History Month draws to a close, I share my experience with gender biases at work and a less common approach to overcoming them. — I was working at a slightly reduced capacity in a new job while also studying to get my MBA. It was my first true immersion into the American workforce and culture (through my new job and studies). Prior to this position, I worked for an Israeli company headquartered in New…

If this is the first “lessons learned” of mine you land on, I recommend starting with “lessons learned from great leaders parts 1”, and part 2, and Lessons learned from Ineffective leaders. Now, what is there to learn from bad leaders? — a lot, actually. Just as observing and analyzing…