Dear Managers, Stop Promoting Toxic Productivity – Here’s How Post date April 9, 2025 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In effective-leadership, entrepreneurship, hackernoon-top-story, mindful-leadership, toxic-culture, toxic-manager, toxic-productivity, what-is-toxic-productivity
The 5 Essential Skills Every Leader Should Have (And How to Build Them) Post date March 17, 2025 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In ceos, effective-leadership, engineering-leadership, entrepreneurship, leadership-development, leadership-skills, management-and-leadership, software engineering
Effective One-on-One Meetings: 5 Practices to Implement Post date March 9, 2025 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In entrepreneurship, feedback-to-actionable-advice, leadership-development, leadership-skills, management-and-leadership, managing-technical-people, one-on-one-meetings, team-management
This Is How You Should Navigate Difficult Situations at Work Post date March 1, 2025 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In Career Advancement, career-advice, deal-with-difficult-people, developer-career-advice, difficult-conversation-at-work, hackernoon-top-story, professional-development, professional-growth
Dealing With an Aggressive Manager Is Simpler Than You Think Post date February 8, 2025 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In career-advice, hackernoon-top-story, leadership-anxiety, professional-development, resilience-and-growth, technology-and-mental-health, toxic-manager, work-life-balance
A Guide on How to Make the Best Decisions Under the Worst Circumstances Post date January 26, 2025 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In career-growth, decision-making, entrepreneurship, hackernoon-top-story, insights-for-ceos, leadership-development, leadership-skills, why-do-we-make-bad-decisions
Master Manipulators: 5 Behaviors to Watch Out For Post date January 11, 2025 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In career-advice, growth-mindset, hackernoon-top-story, leadership-skills, mental health, professional-growth, psychological-influence, toxic-people
Avoid These 7 Leadership Mistakes That Will Limit Your Team’s Growth Post date November 6, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In advice-for-ceos, effective-leadership, engineering-leadership, entrepreneurs-mistakes, entrepreneurship, insights-for-ceos, leadership-development, leadership-skills
Here’s Why You Should Stop Over-Apologizing at Work Post date October 26, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In career-advice, career-development, hackernoon-top-story, leadership-skills, professional-development, professional-growth, self-improvement, when-to-apologize
‘Telling It Like It Is’ Can Make You a Jerk, Here’s What to Do Instead Post date October 4, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In advice-for-ceos, career-advice, communication-skills, engineering-leadership, entrepreneurs-mistakes, hackernoon-top-story, leadership-skills, management-and-leadership
Boost and Maintain Your Team’s Morale Post date September 27, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In employee-morale, engineering-management, leadership-skills, management-and-leadership, motivate-your-dev-team, team-management, team-motivation-ideas, team-performance
How to Excel in Your Career: 5 Important Skills to Have Post date September 20, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In career-advice, career-growth, engineering-leadership, hackernoon-top-story, leadership-skills, professional-development, skills-development, success-mindset
Effective Communication in Difficult Conversations: 6 Rules to Follow Post date September 5, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In communication-skills-for-devs, conflict-resolution, difficult-conversation-at-work, effective-communication, effective-leadership, hackernoon-top-story, team-conflict, timely-communication-skills
Good Managers Know to Not Make These Mistakes Post date August 31, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In effective-leadership, engineering-leadership, hackernoon-top-story, how-to-be-a-good-manager, individual-empowerment, leadership-development, management-and-leadership, successful-entrepreneur
Master Thinkers: 5 Habits That They Have Post date August 19, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In career-development, critical-thinking, decision-making, engineering-leadership, leadership-skills, strategic-thinking, successful-entrepreneur, thinking-strategies
Ego: The Hidden Enemy That Sabotages Success and 4 Ways to Overcome It Post date August 2, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In advice-for-ceos, blindspots, detaching-ego, leadership-development, leadership-skills, learn-management-and-leadership, software-development-teams, successful-entrepreneur
Defusing Emotionally Charged Conversations: 4 Steps to Success Post date July 16, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In anger-management, effective-leadership, emotional-intelligence, emotionally-fit-founder, entrepreneurs-mistakes, leadership-skills, the-expression-of-the-emotions, work-culture
Top 5 Reasons Your Team Is Underperforming (And How to Fix Them) Post date July 11, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In entrepreneur-mindset, high-performing-teams, leadership-skills, management-and-leadership, software-engineering-teams, team-performance, teamwork-and-collaboration, tips-to-lead-a-great-team
Tips for Setting Healthy Boundaries At Work Post date July 2, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In behaviour-psychology, career-advice, human-psychology, mental health, professional-development, tech-careers, Women in Tech, work-culture
Ask These 10 Questions to Transform Your Leadership Approach Post date June 28, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In advice-for-ceos, engineering-leadership, entrepreneurship, how-to-be-a-better-leader, leadership-development, leadership-skills, managing-technical-people, startups-advice
Handling Negative Feedback: Turning Criticism into Career Growth Post date June 24, 2024 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In career-growth, constructive-criticism, engineering-culture, how-to-ask-for-feedback, how-to-respond-to-feedback, negative-feedback, professional-development, software-engineer
How Successful Managers Delegate Work Effectively Post date December 4, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In delegation, hackernoon-top-story, leadership, management, management-and-leadership, personal-development, productivity, time-management
How to Deal with Office Politics: 5 Steps to Get Ahead without Playing Dirty Post date November 26, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In culture-of-trust, leadership, management, office-culture, politics, psychological-safety, toxic-culture, work-from-home
Are You Contributing to a Toxic Work Environment Without Realizing It? Post date November 12, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In engineering-management, leadership, management, personal-development, personal-growth, professional-development, team-productivity, toxic-culture
The Best Way to Tell an Employee They Are Not Ready for a Promotion Post date October 28, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In growth-strategy, leadership-skills, management-skills, managing-technical-people, people-management, performance-review, promotion, team-performance
The Science of Productive Role Conflict Post date October 1, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In career-development, communication, conflict-resolution, emotional-intelligence, leadership, management, psychology, team-conflict
5 Mental Tricks to Do Your Best Under Pressure Post date September 3, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In anxiety, growth-strategy, mental-models, mindfulness, personal-development, psychology, self-improvement, technology-and-mental-health
How to Cultivate Growth Mindset in the Workplace Post date August 27, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In growth-mindset, leadership, leadership-development, management, organizational-culture, personal-development, psychology, work-culture
4 Ways to Foster Your Leadership Skills Post date August 20, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In engineering-leadership, entrepreneurship, leadership, leadership-development, leadership-skills, management, personal-growth, Strategy
‘You are a Scientist in Your Own Lab’: How to Set Your Goals Post date August 13, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In goal-setting, goals, life-goals, life-lessons, personal-development, personal-growth, professional-development, self-improvement
How Bad Managers Work: 9 Signs of a Terrible Manager Post date August 7, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In communication, engineering-managers, leadership-development, management, managing-technical-people, organizational-culture, teamwork, toxic-culture
How to Cultivate Confident Humility for Better Leadership Post date July 31, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In confidence-or-doubt, decision-making, effective-leadership, imposter-syndrome, leadership, leadership-development, leadership-skills, management
Conflict Management: How to Engage in Rethinking Cycle Post date July 23, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In communication, conflict-resolution, critical-thinking, decision-making, leadership, personal-development, personal-growth, self-improvement
Your Employees are Not Mind Readers: How To Give an Effective Feedback as a Manager Post date July 11, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In feedback, feedback-to-actionable-advice, how-to-be-a-good-manager, leadership, management, one-on-one-meetings, people-management, startups
Asking for Help the Right Way Post date July 1, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In career-advice, coaching, communication, effective-communication, learning, mentoring, personal-development, professional-development
Letting Go And Owning Up: Strategies For Learning From Mistakes Post date June 19, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In entrepreneurship, hackernoon-top-story, personal-development, personal-growth, psychological-safety, resilient, self-improvement, startups
Principles of Effective Goal Setting Post date June 13, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In decision-making, goals, hackernoon-top-story, leadership, life-goals, personal-growth, strategic-thinking, Strategy
How To Train Your Brain To Be More Optimistic Post date June 4, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In growth-mindset, mindfulness, optimism, personal-development, personal-growth, professional-development, psychology, self-improvement
4 Common Types of Critics, and How To Handle Their “Feedback” Post date May 28, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In effective-communication, feedback, growth, growth-mindset, personal-development, personal-growth, professional-development, self-improvement
Leadership Mindsets: Growth vs. Brilliance Post date May 24, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In engineering-leadership, growth-mindset, leadership, leadership-development, leadership-skills, management-and-leadership, mindful-leadership, what-makes-a-good-leader
How to Cultivate a Collaborative Culture in a Team Using Well-defined Language Post date May 12, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In communication, dream-team, effective-communication, hackernoon-top-story, leadership, team-collaboration, team-communication, teamwork
Putting Effective Listening Into Practice To Become A Better Leader Post date May 1, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In communication, effective-communication, effective-leadership, engineering-leadership, leadership, leadership-development, leadership-skills, what-makes-a-good-leader
Improving Communication With Global Cultures Using Contextual Communication Post date May 1, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In communication, company-culture, cultural-clash, cultural-values, culture, diversity, effective-communication, leadership
7 Proactive Steps to Lead High Performers to Excellence Post date April 28, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In growth, impact, leadership, management, people-management, productivity, startups, talent-management
Leading With Vulnerability Will Make You A Better Leader Post date April 18, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In communication, growth, leadership, leadership-development, leadership-skills, management, management-and-leadership, vulnerability
Mastering Workplace Communication: 4 Body Language Mistakes and How to Fix Them Post date April 3, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In communication, effective-communication, emotional-intelligence, leadership, management, personal-development, personal-growth, relationships
Stop Being a People Pleaser: Must-Read Guide on How to Set Clear and Healthy Boundaries Post date March 29, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In decision-making, growth, hackernoon-top-story, motivation, personal-development, self-improvement, stress-reduction, success
What Type Of Manager Are You? Post date March 26, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In growth-mindset, how-to-be-a-good-manager, leadership, management, management-and-leadership, managing-technical-people, people-skills, vulnerability
5 Emotionally Intelligent Habits For Handling Frustrating Situations In The Workplace Post date March 14, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In cognitive-psychology, emotional-intelligence, growth-mindset, life-goals, personal-development, personal-growth, productivity, self-improvement
How to Identify and Stick it to Decision Fatigue Post date March 7, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In decision-making, entrepreneurship, focus, hackernoon-top-story, mental-models, personal-development, personal-growth, self-improvement
‘Kill Your Darlings’ – Know When You Need to Pull the Proverbial Plug Post date February 19, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In business-opportunity, decision-making, entrepreneurship, hackernoon-top-story, investing, leadership-development, mental-models, startups
Get Beyond Small Talk To Forming Meaningful Connections At Work Post date February 12, 2021 Post author By Vinita Bansal Post categories In collaboration, communication, communication-skills, personal-development, personal-growth, professional-networking, smalltalk, teamwork