Marcus FrödinFrom Near Death to Dadbod in 47 short weeks, part 1: It’s all in the headThe good news? I didn’t have COVID. The bad news? If COVID didn’t get me, my blood pressure might kill me at any moment. This was the…Dec 14, 2021Dec 14, 2021
Marcus FrödinHow I set expectations for skip levelsI do skip levels across my team, on the order of 30–40 a month. This doc is what I share with everyone to help set expectations. Feel free…Oct 4, 2019Oct 4, 2019
Marcus FrödinPractical Management Expectations (and Mandates)The following document is one I use with my team of managers (or chapter leads as we call them) to help set my basic expectations on them…Apr 1, 2017Apr 1, 2017
Marcus FrödinDecisions 101: The Principled PrincipleStrip leadership down to bare essentials, and what are you left with? I’ll give you my answer: Decisions. As a leader, when it’s all paired…Mar 19, 2017Mar 19, 2017
Marcus FrödinDirector Work — Or: 10 tips for people who just became senior managersDid you just get handed a 40 person team with several missions and a dysfunctional group of managers? Were you told to figure it out…Oct 25, 2016Oct 25, 2016
Marcus Frödin30 ways to think about a problemI’ve long wanted to write an article called How to disagree, to lay out the way I try to be good at offering thoughtful dissent, versus…Aug 1, 20163Aug 1, 20163
Marcus FrödinNine things I didn’t know nine years agoIt’s coming up on nine years since I first started slinging code in a professional setting. Professional here meaning with a salary, in an…Apr 8, 2016Apr 8, 2016
Marcus FrödinInformation as ObligationI believe in servant leadership and trying to build what David Marquet calls leader-leader organisations. A key factor in building an org…Feb 15, 2016Feb 15, 2016
Marcus FrödinA slightly more mature conversationEver so often, I find myself on the receiving end of a verbal beating. It might be my manager or someone on my team being riled up about…Nov 14, 2015Nov 14, 2015
Marcus FrödinLeader or Manager?Being in a leadership role in a company gives you the opportunity to wear many hats. Two fundamental hats are those of the leader and of…Oct 6, 2015Oct 6, 2015
