en

Julie Zhuo

Julie Zhuo is one of Silicon Valley's top product design executives. She leads the teams behind some of the world's most popular mobile and web services used by billions of people every day. She writes about technology, design, and leadership on her popular blog The Year of the Looking Glass and in publications like the New York Times and Fast Company. She graduated with a computer science degree from Stanford University and lives with her husband and two children in California.

Citater

stassiasahar citeretfor 2 år siden
sk yourself the following questions:
How would the people who know and like me best (family, significant other, close friends) describe me in three words?
MY ANSWER: thoughtful, enthusiastic, driven
What three qualities do I possess that I am the proudest of?
MY ANSWER: curious, reflective, optimistic
When I look back on something I did that was successful, what personal traits do I give credit to?
MY ANSWER: vision, determination, humility
What are the top three most common pieces of positive feedback that I’ve received from my manager or peers?
MY ANSWER: principled, fast learner, long-term thinker
stassiasahar citeretfor 2 år siden
The second part of getting to an honest reckoning with yourself is knowing your weaknesses and triggers. Right beneath your list of strengths, answer the following:
Whenever my worst inner critic sits on my shoulder, what does she yell at me for?
MY ANSWER: getting distracted, worrying too much about what others think, not voicing what I believe
If a magical fairy were to come and bestow on me three gifts I don’t yet have, what would they be?
MY ANSWER: bottomless well of confidence, clarity of thought, incredible persuasion
What are three things that trigger me? (A trigger is a situation that gets me more worked up than it should.)
MY ANSWER: sense of injustice, the idea that someone else thinks I’m incompetent, people with inflated egos
What are the top three most common pieces of feedback from my manager or peers on how I could be more effective?
MY ANSWER: be more direct, take more risks, explain things simply
stassiasahar citeretfor 2 år siden
Examples of specific asks:
On our last project together, in what ways did you see me having impact? What do you think I could have done to have more impact?
With my team, what am I doing well that you’d like to see me do more of? What should I stop doing?
One of the things I’m working on is being more decisive. How do you think I’m doing on that? Any suggestions on how I can do better here?
fb2epub
Træk og slip dine filer (ikke mere end 5 ad gangen)