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Bridging the Ask vs Culture Gap at Work

By creating more shared context, aligning around when to ask for help, and helping guess-culture coworkers get clarity on what they want in…

Aug 26, 2023

Bridging the Ask vs Culture Gap at Work

Aug 26, 2023

Ask vs guess culture

When unreasonable requests are followed up with “but you could have just said no!” Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture…

Aug 18, 2023

Ask vs guess culture

Aug 18, 2023

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Range

Flexible work is key

How to get things done when you’re languishing

Apr 27, 2021

Flexible work is key

Apr 27, 2021

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Co Leadership

What Does It Take To Be a Successful Tech Lead?

Earlier this year, we interviewed a few dozen tech leads and asked them this simple question: What does success look like as a tech lead?

Sep 11, 2019

What Does It Take To Be a Successful Tech Lead?

Sep 11, 2019

Published in
Better Programming

Why aren’t people taking initiative?

A short story

May 1, 2019

Why aren’t people taking initiative?

May 1, 2019

Published in
Co Leadership

Finding My Fierce Heart: My Journey in Leadership

This post was originally published on July 17, 2018 on the Co Leadership blog.

Jul 23, 2018

Finding My Fierce Heart: My Journey in Leadership

Jul 23, 2018

Published in
Co Leadership

How to Get Buy-In for Reducing Technical Debt

I walk past the CEO in the hallway. “Hey Jean, it’s been awhile. What are you working on these days?”

May 3, 2018

How to Get Buy-In for Reducing Technical Debt

May 3, 2018

Published in
Co Leadership

How to Lead by Noticing and Filling in Gaps

Many years ago, I worked at a five-person startup.

Apr 9, 2018

How to Lead by Noticing and Filling in Gaps

Apr 9, 2018

Published in
Co Leadership

What I Learned About Investing in Myself After a Year of Coaching

originally published on blog.coleadership.com on February 12, 2018

Apr 9, 2018

What I Learned About Investing in Myself After a Year of Coaching

Apr 9, 2018

Published in
Co Leadership

How to Build Trust Through Vulnerability

I was walking my 4 year-old daughter to preschool last week, and I was noticing some anxiety I had about a workshop later that day. As we…

Mar 19, 2018

How to Build Trust Through Vulnerability

Mar 19, 2018

Jean Hsu

Jean Hsu

VP of Engineering at Range. Previously co-founder of Co Leadership, and engineering at @Medium, Pulse, and Google.

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