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Context I recently completed a complex (Agency) migration project. Initially, the project was framed as a small-scope effort, but once I began, I discovered significant gaps and unmapped dependencies with no clear owners due to recent organizational shifts. The volume of gaps made it impossible to manage alongside my other responsibilities. Wh...

Following a discussion with my director, I have summarized the key takeaways for improving communication with leadership and how I manage my team. Communicate Up While my written communication is good, it still needs improvement, and there is a clear need to address the gap in vocal communication and the consistency of updates. Improve Voc...

manage anxity Typical pattern of anxious thoughts: Overestimate the threats we’re facing and underestimate our ability to cope with them The three ways in which anxiety manifests are: Anxious thoughts, anxious physiology, anxious behaviors (like avoidance) It is normal seeking and wanting validation (approval, apprecia...

director has very limited energy to focus on your project they have limited time to receive information and then fill the rest of the gaps you don’t want to give the wrong impression that you don’t know what you are doing or you are very slow in progress report the progress in a very positive manner, unless you have other purpose then ta...

Context I want to record this textbook case. Our partner team is not responsive as they are busy. They don’t have time to response to our request to collaborate, but we need to get things done. I will use XX to represent the tech. They are the general XX team, while we are the vertical team that want to introduce XX into our product. We have ...

Advices Today I got some advice from a Director and my skip on leading project. Learn how to present the project progress. Not something like “oh… we can’t do this, we can’t do that, we have difficulty in blabla”, but something like “in this amount of time, we can do X, and we plan to do Y as follow up effort, we also explored Z” ...

If you find some issue, especially at the very beginning, exam carefully. At first I find some cracks in front of the garage, but after careful check of the video recording, I noticed that it is not even caused by them. I was told, even if there are small issues, don’t be mad at the workers. Try to maintain good relationship with them especial...

Advices Today I got some advice from a L7 and my former mentor. Sustainable: find your work patten where you can deliver and also make sure it is sustainable. Do not frequently burn out. Do not act as firefighter, find the long term goal for your team, or yourself. Josh didn’t do well in the above two, not sustainable and bre...