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Ananya Rao · 🇮🇳 India

Tech Leader · 1d ago · Quick Guide

Leadership & CareerWomen in technology

What I wish I knew before becoming a first-time manager

Five lessons from my first year leading a team of nine.

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Your team reads your calendar, not your intentions.

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Feedback delayed is feedback doubled in weight.

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You are allowed to say 'I don't know yet'.

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Protect one deep-work block or you'll manage from reaction.

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Ask each person how they want to be supported. Then actually do that.

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Number 3 took me two years to learn.

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Yuki Sato · 🇯🇵 Japan

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How I returned to work after a three-year break

I applied to nothing for two months because I couldn't write the gap into a sentence. Then a mentor told me to describe the gap as a period, not an apology. Three things helped: one honest sentence about the break, one refreshed skill, one person who introduced me.

How I returned to work after a three-year break

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