AI 'aha' team meetings Vicarious learning is a real thing: we absorb skills and knowledge by watching others, hearing about their mistakes, seeing what worked. This is why postmort...

So I wrote about a simple weekly meeting format that builds vicarious learning into your team's workflow. Would love to know if you try it. larahogan.me/blog/ai-aha-...

I interviewed a bunch of staff and principal engineers about how they're learning to use AI day-to-day. Nobody described a consistent, one-to-many way to learn from their teammates. Most are figuring it out through trial and error—or trusted one-on-ones.

Vicarious learning is one of the most effective ways adults learn new skills. Postmortems are a great example: you learn from an incident you weren't even part of. I've been thinking about this a lot in the context of AI.

I lead interactive 2-hour workshops on all this stuff (and we open by talking about the brain science behind why feedback feels so challenging!), so definitely reach out if that's something you think your organization might benefit from!

There's sections about how to frame your employees' perf reviews, how to deliver feedback that you think isn't going to land all that well, and how to avoid softening feedback.

Feedback and Performance Reviews Resources for Managers Many of us fear messing up these awkward (yet important) conversations. But everyone deserves clear feedback!

Many organizations are coming up on performance review season (I'm getting lots of requests for my feedback workshops!) so here's a roundup of my resources on giving _and_ receiving feedback: larahogan.me/resources/fe...

Building Resilience & Leading Through Crises Resources for Managers Strengthen your support network, meet your team where they're at, and weather the tough times.

And in case you've got difficult conversations covered but have _other_ questions on what to do right now as a manager, here's my library of resources on leading through crises: larahogan.me/resources/re...

Creating momentum when an employee is stuck Many of us are feeling stuck. We’re managing through crisis after crisis, and we’re watching our leaders and our teammates burn out and not be their best sel...

So what do you do when you’re working with a teammate who is stuck in a cycle of unhelpful or unproductive behavior? (Especially when the world is on fire?) I've got thoughts! larahogan.me/blog/creatin...

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