Whether you are kicking off a job search or working at your dream tech job, a skill that you should continue to develop is how to balance being nimble with moving forward. Especially in tech, it’s really hard to maintain a strategic, forward-looking focus, while also reacting and pivoting from the challenges of the day. As a job seeker, you need to be flexible to network when a contact is available, yet also get in your daily job applications & interview prep. Same thing holds for when you are ‘balancing many spinning plates’ at your job.
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The Best Strategic Leaders Balance Agility and Consistency: John (the author) is a former student of mine and wrote a great article on this (complete with 2x2 matrices!)
Leadership and the art of plate spinning - I love the analogy of ‘envelope leadership’ for setting wide boundaries but allowing wide creativity inside the boundaries.
