“Respect is earned” sounds reasonable until you see how often it’s used to justify poor leadership. Respect isn’t earned. It’s given by default, and leaders are responsible for maintaining it through their actions.
Being promoted inside your own team changes more than your job title. It quietly rewrites the rules of every relationship you already have, and nobody tells you what those new rules are.
Being busy feels productive. Being valuable actually is. Here’s how leaders accidentally confuse motion with impact, and how to fix it without burning out your team.
The communication books every tech leader should read, practical, relatable, and guaranteed to help you avoid half the fires you accidentally start with unclear messages.
Forget the buzzword-filled “leadership books” your boss pretends to read. These are the real classics, the ones that actually help you lead teams, communicate better, and avoid becoming a micromanaging gremlin.
