Jack Humphrey

Thank you. This is best kind of writing. Powerful, succinct, clear, persuasive, and useful. My daughter is 5 and I feel like you just handed me the playbook. I’ll buy your book when it’s published and put it on the shelf for her to read when she gets there.

What’s even harder is trying to describe the techniques that work for you to a new manager who wants coaching. Generalizing tons of experience working through management challenges is hard enough, but then knowing whether or not it will work for them? A crap shoot. I found myself giving very similar advice recently, along the lines of, “It’s okay if…

Definitely a catastrophe in a few different ways, but is it a culture failure? That’s an interesting idea. It’s almost impossible (or at least extremely challenging) to identify people with disrespectful beliefs during the hiring process, and any attempts to emphasize the “respect for all” aspects of a Code of Conduct would have only felt to such a…

I’m definitely a follower of the “let people fail and help them learn from it” school of management, and I have seen it work in practice over my last 7 years at Indeed.

Best line of the piece: “And of course, there is that magical moment when we delegate and allow an emerging leader to grow into their new responsibilities…

Nothing you say is wrong, but it is reductionist to a fault. To extrapolate about America from its political conventions is a bit like feeling like you know what an actor is like because you’ve seen his performances.

At the same time, this is not just pointless theater. It doesn’t serve your narrative to acknowledge that the…

Well done, thank you.

While you certainly could have made some better decisions along the way (as all the haters have rushed to point out), I admire the courage and wit of your letter. I think you actually made a good career move. Sent you a couple bucks on venmo out of sympathy for your challenges. Better luck on the next gig!

Thanks for the inspiration, Wil!