Category: Episodes
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S2E15 – Vacationcast – Holidays and Getting a Different View
Show Notes A short vacationcast from Andy about taking time away to decompress, find a different view on things, and enjoy the company of others (somtimes) . References: Transcript Andy: Welcome to another episode of the TTL podcast. And this one is a vacation cast. You’ve just got me today and Mon-Chaio is on holiday…
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Tactics for Remote Work (Remote Work Series – Part 3 of 3) Show Notes This episode marks the third and final part of a series focusing on remote work, where Andy and Mon-Chaio delve into tactics that you can use when working with remote teams. Specific topics include maintaining company values and culture through computer-mediated interactions, the role of rituals and symbols like custom emojis and the…
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S2E13 – Research on Remote Work (Remote Work Series – Part 2 of 3)
Show Notes In this second part of a three-part series of the TTL podcast, Mon-Chaio and Andy dive into what research has to say about remote working. They explore various aspects including the impact of remote work on mental health, performance, synchronous vs. asynchronous communication, and team cohesion. Highlighting a study published in Nature titled…
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S2E12 – Stories of Remote Work (Remote Work Series – Part 1 of 3)
Show Notes In part one of this three part series, Andy and Mon-Chaio tell stories of remote work, both from their own experiences as well as those they’ve heard from their colleagues and the public at large. From those stories, they try to find themes to help answer a burning question: four years in, how…
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S2E11 – Performance Management, What Is It Good For?
Show Notes Have you had performance reviews where you thought, “What is the point of this?” Mon-Chaio and Andy examine the concepts and implications of performance management systems. They swap experiences and insights on the challenges and inefficacies of performance management practices and cover the inconclusive evidence of their effectiveness. Mon-Chaio raises alternative perspectives on…
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S2E10 – The Trial of One-Five-Zero
Show Notes A core foundation of business, online communities, and social networks is the concept of Dunbar’s Number: the suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. But recently there have been critiques in the scientific community as to the validity of the theory behind the number,…
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S2E9 – Do Leaders Have to Be Technical?
Show Notes In this episode of the TTL podcast, Andy and Mon-Chaio delve into the importance of technical skills and mindset in leadership roles, particularly as individuals transition from technical to management positions. Their discussions are anchored by research findings, such as an article hypothesizing technical competence loss in Boeing’s leadership contributing to quality issues,…
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S2E8 – VacationCast – Technical Due Diligences
Show Notes Mon-Chaio summarizes some common red flags that surface during a company’s technical due diligence investigation. References Transcript Mon-Chaio: Thank you, everyone for joining me for this VacationCast episode of The TTL Podcast. For those new to the show, we do VacationCasts when one or both of Andy and myself are on vacation and…
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S2E7 – The Next Best Leadership Style
Show Notes Even if we don’t know it by name, we all know the attributes of the best leadership style, don’t we? Humble, collaborative, curious, people-centric, etc. But how do we know, and what evidence to we have, for those attributes making up the best style? And what if we’ve been led astray about what…
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S2E6 – Resolving the Leader’s Dilemma: Coaching vs. Directing
Show Notes In this edition of the TTL podcast, hosts Andy Parker and Mon Chaio Lo bring in their first guest, Ethan Fryer-Ressmeyer, an executive coach from Seattle, Washington. Ethan is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Certified Coach with a background in Fortune 50 Aerospace Engineering Leadership. He helps leaders discover and implement their own,…