What I Stopped Doing

What’s on the slides

1. Slide 1

   8 years, 3 teams, 1 burnout

   5 things I stopped doing as a manager

   My team got faster when I did less. Here’s what I let go of, and what replaced it.

2. Slide 2

   I stopped

   Answering every question in Slack

   I was the fastest reply on the team. Which taught everyone to wait for me instead of deciding.

   Now

3. Slide 3

   I stopped

   Running a weekly status meeting

   Eight people, 45 minutes, reading out updates I could have read in two.

   Now

4. Slide 4

   I stopped

   Quietly rewriting other people’s work

   It felt like help. It told them their work was a draft for mine.

   Now

5. Slide 5

   I stopped

   Sending messages at 11 p.m.

   I said “no need to reply”. They replied anyway, every single time.

   Now

6. Slide 6

   I stopped

   Needing to be the smartest in the room

   I hired people better than me, then argued with them to prove I wasn’t behind.

   Now

7. Slide 7

   What did you stop doing that made you better?

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