The Huddlestep blog

Ideas for the everyday work of being a new manager.

• 6 min read

  Am I micromanaging? Six honest signs, and what to do instead

  The managers who worry about this are rarely the worst offenders. But worrying is not the same as fixing it.

• 6 min read

  Managing someone older or more experienced than you

  Their experience is not a threat to manage around. It is the most underused thing on your team.

• 6 min read

  Feeling like a fraud in your first management job

  Almost every new manager feels it. That does not make it pleasant, and it does not make it useless either.

• 7 min read

  What to say when someone keeps missing deadlines

  Before you decide it is a performance problem, check it is not a clarity problem. It usually is.

• 6 min read

  How to manage a friend without wrecking the friendship

  The friendship does not have to end. What has to end is pretending nothing has changed.

• 5 min read

  What to say when you do not know the answer

  Your team already knows you do not know. The only thing in question is whether you will say so.