The Good Stuff & the Hard Stuff About People ManagementManaging for the first time is exciting…and terrifying. So if you’re wondering what to expect from leading a team, this post is for you.Dec 3, 20213231Dec 3, 20213231
Is Your Company Turning Up the Volume on Internal Communications? Read This First.I dare you to read this article without checking your phone, Slack, email, or Asana notifications.Feb 7, 20217025Feb 7, 20217025
A Cautionary Tale for New ManagersIt was shortly after a promotion that I had an epic #fail.Dec 9, 20207411Dec 9, 20207411
The Problem with Ghostwriting at HubSpot TodayI love ghostwriting. If you’d asked me a decade ago what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said Obama’s speechwriter. In college…Feb 10, 20203352Feb 10, 20203352
Forget Buzz. Build a Brand People Are Proud Of First.Feedback’s a funny thing. We talk about it like it’s a scarce resource, a national treasure, a holy grail. And for some, it’s even…Nov 7, 2019432Nov 7, 2019432
One Thing You Probably Didn’t Know Engineers at HubSpot BuiltOn the surface, building software and building brand couldn’t be more different. One is about writing code, the other about writing tag…Jan 18, 20192341Jan 18, 20192341
Let’s Raise the Bar on Employer Branding: Now Hiring (Actually, Though)Employer branding is a funny thing.Aug 24, 2018222Aug 24, 2018222
Leadership, But Make it FashionFashion isn’t my forte. In high school, my friends clapped when I showed up to class in a striped shirt. For me, that was a bold sartorial…Aug 17, 201859Aug 17, 201859
Published inThinkGrowth.orgLet’s Stop Glorifying People for Never Taking Time OffWhen did taking vacation become a guilty pleasure?Aug 8, 20181K1Aug 8, 20181K1
Dotting Your I’s and Crossing Your T’s: Grown Up EditionAnything worth doing is worth doing right.Jun 14, 2018188Jun 14, 2018188
Why the Coffee Meeting is a Waste of TimeThere’s a popular networking practice that’s in desperate need of a makeover: Asking someone to get coffee. How many times have you been…Nov 12, 20171Nov 12, 20171
Published inThinkGrowth.orgYour Job Descriptions Are Hurting Your Hiring PipelineLet me guess: Hiring keeps you up at night.Feb 14, 201715Feb 14, 201715
A Broad Abroad: Packing for Four Months in DublinYears ago, when Skechers were status and allowance was adult, traveling to a new country was ordinary. I moved from Rome to Berlin to Cairo…Feb 21, 20165Feb 21, 20165
Writing Advice for Engineers (And Everyone Else, Too)Over the past six months, dozens of talented developers, designers, product managers, and other product leaders have published blog posts…Aug 13, 2015Aug 13, 2015
Published inHubSpot ProductRedesigning a Website to Attract Top Product TalentThis post was originally published on HubSpot’s product blog.Jul 24, 2015Jul 24, 2015
From Public Relations to Pull Requests: My First 30 Days on an Engineering TeamThe first thing I noticed when I started sitting with our dev team wasn’t how dim the lighting was, how colorful code could be, or how much…May 13, 20151May 13, 20151
Git After It: Why GitHub Won When So Many Other Big Companies FailedGoogle announced recently that they would officially be pulling the plug on open source project hosting service, Google Code. What launched…Mar 30, 2015Mar 30, 2015