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Anne Frank’s checkered diary is sitting on a desk. Trinkets are scattered on the shelf above itsome pencils, black-and-white photos, and a pair of metal scissors. Postcards and photos of 1920s celebrities like Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer are pasted on the yellowed wallpaper behind it. The room looks almost as though Anne was just there, picking photos to put up on the wall. But nothing actually happened here. Because here is in a room, in a museum, in Manhattan. And the room is not the secret annex where Anne spent two years in hidingit is an exact replica. Opening on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Anne Frank the Exhibition was created by the Anne Frank House inside the Center for Jewish History. The exhibition offers the first opportunity outside of Amsterdam for visitors to see how Anne, her family, and four other Jewish people lived in an 800-square foot space, in hiding from the Nazis. [Photo: John Halpern] Anyone who has visited the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam knows that the original secret annex is eerily empty. That’s by design. After the family was arrested, the apartment was pillaged by the Nazis and left bare. Anne’s father, Otto, who was the only survivor among the people who lived there, wanted to keep it that way to symbolize the emptiness he felt when he returned from the Auschwitz concentration camp. By comparison, the New York annex looks lived in. Visitors are getting a completely different experience, says Tom Brink, the head of collections and presentations at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, and the exhibitions curator. The New York annex portrays Anne less as a victim and more as a young girl who liked collecting postcards and dreamed of becoming a journalist. A young girl whose life was cut short by the Holocaust. Anne Franks poetry book [Photo: Ray van der Bas] From Amsterdam to New York At the Manhattan museum, the story of Anne Frank feels both timely and suspended in time thanks to the exhibition design, which splits the show into two parts. There’s the exhibition, which begins in the 1920s and ends in the present day with 79 editions of Anne Franks The Diary of a Young Girl displayed in different languages. Then there is the replica of the secret annex, which appears somewhere in the middle (both physically and temporally), from behind a giant bookcase. Designer Eric Goossens was responsible for the exhibition, while set designers Annemiek Swinkels and Willem Claassena couple based in Amsterdamfocused on the replica of the secret annex. [Photo: John Halpern] The Frank family had ties to New York, which is why the Anne Frank House chose New York City as the first location for this exhibition. (Otto worked as an intern in the Macy’s department store, then tried emigrating to the U.S. before going into hiding.) But Ronald Leopold, executive director of the Anne Frank House, says the team is not excluding the possibility of a traveling exhibition, so the set designers had to build the show like a kit of parts that could be assembled and reassembledlike a Lego set, Swinkels says. The set designers spent months building the annex in the Netherlands, then sent it across the Atlantic in one giant shipping container. [We] used lots and lots of security straps, says Swinkels, noting that when the set finally arrived in New York, the team spent three weeks dressing it with various artifacts and furniture. The Anne Frank Foundation wanted it to look like the people in hiding were living there, and that’s hard if you don’t go for details, she says. The annex looks artificial and authentic at oncealmost like a life-size doll house where eight people played house for two years until the real world caught up to them. But visitors who can move past this dissonance will be rewarded with a poignant story that was made all the richer by the designers’ painstaking re-creation, which includes peeling wallpaper, and pencil marks chronicling Anne’s and her sister Margot’s heights. [Photo: John Halpern] Turning a set into a lived-in house Swinkels and Claassen are no strangers to Anne Frank’s life. In 2020, they built the set for a local TV show called Anne Frank Video Diary. They pored over Anne’s diary looking for details about layout and furnishings. They spent one whole night measuring and documenting every inch of the actual annex in Amsterdam. They scoured antique shops and local secondhand markets for replica furniture that matched the aesthetic of the annex, like wooden light switches, old light bulbs, and a Delft-tile ceramic toilet. They also referenced a scale model Otto had built in 1961 that hinted at the decor and furniture layout inside the annex, as well as a VR tour that the Anne Frank House launched in 2018. By the time they were invited to design the New York replica, the designers had amassed a wealth of knowledge, but because they had broken down the set after the TV series wrapped, they had to source new pieces from scratch. Otto Franks chair [Photo: Ray van der Bas] The designers met various people from all over the Netherlands to source the furniture. Anne’s replica desk, for example, came from an 85-year-old Dutch gentleman who was just 5 when Allied soldiers drove through his street. He felt really proud when he saw the table in the set, Swinkels recalls. Otto’s replica bed came from an elderly woman named Jutta; it had belonged to her grandparents who lived in Germany. We tried our best to collect real antique props and not copies, says Swinkels. But what mattered more wasn’t buying the exact chair, or getting right the exact corner on which Otto would’ve left his spectacles. It was getting Anne’s story right. In the kitchen, visitors will notice two objects. One is a board game about the stock market. The other is a partly darned sock tangled in sewing tape. The board game is the same one that Anne and Peter van Pels (Anne’s boyfriend and one of the seven people she lived with) played while in hiding. The sock is imaginary. But both objects paint the portrait of a family trying to live a normal lifein horrendously abnormal circumstances. Past and present collide The exhibition focuses on the past, but it is also about the present. This story tells us something about who we are, who we can be, and who we want to be as human beings, says Leopold. Indeed, the show opens just days after billionaire Elon Musk, celebrating Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States, threw his arm out into what many interpreted as a Nazi salute. It comes at a time when far-right extremism is rising all over the world. A time when antisemitism is skyrocketing alongside hate crimes against muslims, Asian Americans, and the LGBTQ+ community, most recently reeling from Trump’s executive order stating that there are only two genders. The exhibition is a reminder to stand against discrimination and prejudice, whether its in Israel or Gaza, Sudan or Ukraine, the U.S. or Mexico. Its a beacon of remembrance, says Leopold. Of the past. But of the present, too.
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American transportation policy will soon veer sharply to the right. The Trump administration has made no secret of its intent to build more highways, stifle electric vehicle adoption, and scrap safeguards around self-driving cars. A goal nowhere on its agenda: Encouraging more Americans to leave their cars at home and instead travel by transit, bicycle, or on foot. That is a marked change from the Biden administration, which championed initiatives like upgrading buses, improving street safety, and even subsidizing e-bike storage. In contrast, Project 2025, which has become Trumps policy playbook, calls for terminating federal support for biking and walking and derides transit investments as throwing good money after bad. Despite the sudden pivot in Washington, millions of Americans still want to drive less, which would reduce emissions, free up street space, and save some of the 40,000-plus lives lost annually in crashes. With incoming federal leaders viewing that goal with disinterest if not disdain, advocates must look toward lower levels of government for any meaningful reforms. Happily, theyll find no shortage of options. State and local governments have myriad opportunities to shift trips away from cars that wont break their budgets andcruciallydont rely on the feds lifting a finger. Improve public transit Start with publictransit, Americans most popular non-car mode, and one that has historically received federal funding to launch new services. Although Congress has already allocated tens of billions of dollars toward new transit investments, Trump officials at the Department of Transportation could drag their feet approving projects. They may also try to kill congestion pricing in Manhattan, which is generating urgently needed capital for New York Citys transit network, and block other cities from adopting similar measures. Although Trump poses a real threat to transit expansions, the federal government plays only a marginal role in the regular operations of buses and trains, which are financed through state and local funding along with farebox revenue. There are plenty of ways for local communities to improve daily service, particularly for buses. Consider the regional bus networks that dictate where and how often vehicles run. Many route maps were conceived decades ago, and evolving residential and employment patterns have eroded their utility. By refreshing them, transit agencies can provide passengers with more useful service without necessarily adding vehicles or operators. The benefits can be substantial: In 2015, Houstons first bus route redesign in almost a century halted decades of falling ridership. An even more surefire way to attract passengers: Speed up the bus. In cities such as Richmond, Virginia, and Seattle, dedicated lanes have allowed buses to sidestep gridlock, making transit more competitive with driving. Although many jurisdictions have tapped federal funds to create Bus Rapid Transit lines, their relative affordability$8 million per mile for a line built in Northern Virginia a decade ago ($11 million today)suggests that many states and cities could pay for them independently. But dedicated bus lanes are useless if theyre blocked by cars, as is frequently the case. A solution: Bus-mounted cameras, which are currently deployed in cities including New York City and Los Angeles. The cameras automatically snap pictures of cars that are illegally using a bus lane, triggering a ticket mailed to its owner. Initial analysis in New York City found that buses traveled faster on routes where the cameras were deployed, and that violators typically received only one citation, indicating that most changed their behavior. Despite their promise, bus cameras remain illegal in many states with robust urban transit systems, such as Massachusetts. State legislatures should fix that. Another promising strategy: Building shelters that keep bus passengers comfortable while they wait for the next vehicle to arrive. In Utah, researchers found that shelters expand transit ridership, particularly on days with extreme weather. They may also provide an unusually cost-effective means of recruiting daily commuters, since they can cost as little as $10,000 each. Make it easier to walk Of course, passengers must still navigate their way to and from the bus stop, typically by walking or using a wheelchair. Brief though such first mile/last mile journeys usually are, theyre among the most dangerous segments of a trip. Thats particularly true if they take place after dark when three of every four pedestrian deaths occur. Investing in street lighting is an affordable way to ake sure residents stay safe as they head to and from a transit station (or anywhere else). Speaking of walking, no urban infrastructure is more vitalor more easily overlookedthan the sidewalk. Across American cities, footpaths are often crumbling or altogether absent; Austin alone is missing some 1,500 miles of them. As a result, those on foot must walk in the roadway alongside fast-moving vehicles, which is stressful and dangerous. U.S. pedestrian deaths hit a 40-year high in 2022; Black and Latino Americans are at particular risk. Part of the problem is that most American cities have outsourced the responsibility for building and repairing sidewalks to property owners, even as local governments themselves maintain roadways. As a result, a few vacancies or neglectful landlords can create sidewalk gaps that undermine the entire pedestrian network. For a solution, look to Denver. As of this January, the Mile High City no longer holds property owners responsible for the quality of pedestrian footpaths. Instead, the city has imposed an annual fee, typically $150, that funds a new citywide sidewalk construction program. Approved through a 2022 city referendum, Denvers sidewalk takeover promises a major advance for pedestrian mobilityand it hasnt involved a dollar of federal money. Boost biking Cities also dont need federal support to enhance bikeshare. In 2022, the District of Columbia invested $19 million in Capital Bikeshare to add 80 stations and 3,500 e-bikes, more than doubling the systems fleet. With financial support from D.C. and its suburbs, Capital Bikeshare has improved while remaining a relative bargain: An occasional Capital Bikeshare rider would pay just $2.50 for a 10-minute e-bike ride, while doing so on Citi Bike in New York Citywhich does not subsidize bikesharecosts $8.79. Local communities have many more options to encourage cycling, starting with the essential step of providing bike lanes that protect riders from cars. Study after study has found that safe bike lanes reduce crashes and compel more people to start riding, especially women. (Theyre good for local business, too.) Adult cycling classes, like those available in Montgomery County, Maryland, can help inexperienced riders gain confidence, while e-bike libraries, such as in Vermont, invite residents to discover how easy it is to transport cargo or conquer hills with a battery-powered two-wheeler. To truly turbocharge e-biking, state and local leaders should look to the purchase rebates that have proven wildly popular across jurisdictions from Pasadena to Rhode Island. In Connecticut, for instance, nearly 6,400 people applied in 2023 for an e-bike rebate, 13 times more than the state was able to distribute. Give people a choice in how they travel State and local policies like these can make traveling without a car more practical, pleasant, and appealing. Even so, compelling commuters to reconsider driving habits is, under most circumstances, extraordinarily difficult. But researchers have found that people are much more likely to adjust their travel behavior when they experience a sudden life change, such as switching jobs or moving to a new home. That being the case, local governments aiming to reduce driving could collaborate with large employers and landlords to offer transportation welcome packages with perks like free transit and bikeshare passes. A modest and temporary investment could forge travel habits that endure for years. A caveat: Carrots alone can only do so much to expand the ranks of those walking, biking, and riding transit. Local and state policymakers should also unwind longstanding driving subsidies that have shielded car owners from paying the full cost of their vehicles. A good place to start would be removing distortions that skew the price of car parking. In the last few years, dozens of cities including Lexington, Kentucky, and San Jose, California, have stopped requiring real estate developers to build a minimum number of parking spots with each development (the costs of parking construction are passed on to all tenantsincluding those who dont own or use a car). Similarly ripe for a rethink: Free or dirt-cheap residential parking permits in cities like Boston, which allow car owners to pay pennies for the privilege of storing their private property on public streets. Uniquely among the strategies outlined above, charging market rates for parking would expand tax revenues, which would be a welcome outcome for financially pressed local governments. Other tactics would require new spending, but many of them, such as bus shelters and e-bike libraries, can be implemented for thousands rather than millions of dollars. The priciest strategies, such as installing bus rapid transit or filling sidewalk gaps, can still cost a fraction as much as paving a highway or building a bridgethe kinds of auto-oriented investments that the Trump administration is likely to prioritize. Even without the federal government providing a tailwind, cities and states can substantially upgrade transit, biking, and walking options, encouraging travel thats greener, healthier, and more affordable. Republicans in Washington may no longer care about giving Americans a real choice in how they travel, but other public servants need notindeed, should notfollow suit.
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There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying k to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules? When can we really remind someone of our old Venmo request? What happens when someone tries to flirt with you on LinkedIn? Fortunately, terminally online writers Delia Cai and Steffi Cao are here to answer all your digital quandaries, big or small. Welcome to Fast Companys advice column, Posting Playbook. This week, Delia and Steffi tackle your biggest questions about following (or unfollowing) with delicacy. I cant stand my friends newsletter, even though I adore them as a person. Is it bad to hit unsubscribe? Delia: Its possible that your friend will see you unsubscribe depending on what platform they use and what settings they have on. (For example, on Substack, you can choose to get emails alerting you whenever someone cancels their subscription.) So, take that into account. You might have a little explaining or some hurt feelings to contend with if thats the case; Id just get ahead of it and explain to them that youre just feeling a little oversubscribed, literally. (If its a paid subscription that youre cancelling, you can explain that youre cutting back on costs in general.) Personally, I would probably just create a filter on my inbox that sends these newsletter emails automatically to a folder. That way, you dont have to deal with them, but you also dont have to risk letting your friend know youre not a fan. I dont think anyone expects their friends to keep up with every issue they send out, so you can always say youre behind on emails if this person asks you about whether youve read their latest missive. Steffi: Delia’s automatic filter solution is a tried-and-true method, and is a kind solution that applies to many of the email conundrums that we face. There are too many emails, and specifically, a ton of newsletters! Its overwhelming and requires an organizational system to make sure we get the information we need. That being said, I would like to tell everyone that has a newsletter: Work under the assumption that your friends will not read it or subscribe, and thats okay. Your newsletter should be for people who want to read it, anyhow. Just because someone isnt following you on Substack doesnt mean they love you less, and someone that is opening your emails and reading them and sharing their insights with you is someone that loves you a lot. If youve decided to write newsletters for public consumption, these sorts of scenarios are inevitable. Its not worth getting bent out of shape or chasing down people whove unsubscribed, and instead focus on the people who are interested in what you have to say. My dad followed me on Instagram, and Im not comfortable with that! Whats a nice way to tell him? Delia: I think one of the weirdest things about being on social media right now is that were all sharing the same spacewith our coworkers, our family members, our friends, and strangers that compose our audience, whoever they are! I would acknowledge your dads attempt to stay posted on your life and tell him that you want to keep Instagram as a more dedicated space for work/socializing/etc. I think you can frame the issue in terms of like, Hey Dad, can we work out a special way for me to keep you updated? Tell him that you feel a little embarrassed about the juvenile stuff youre posting on Instagram, and that youd rather have a private, just-for-us avenue for sharing things that youre extra-proud of with him. (Alternatively, you can also hide your Story and then just be careful about your grid posts.) Whatever you do, dont block your Dad without saying anything! Thats just kind of sad. Steffi: Sorry, Delia, Im team Block Your Dad. Heres my thing about generational etiquette, in the words of Ronny Chieng: The social media information asymmetry is out of control right now. You have 14-year-olds back-grooming their algorithms in order to mobilize their network of stan accounts to flood government surveillance apps en masse with K-pop fancams while your grandparents are still right-clicking to copy-paste. As such, were living in a time where you have two groups of people working under entirely different social decorum contracts, simply delineated by how much of their lives theyve spent online. Have you ever seen a Gen Xers Facebook or WeChat? They blow up the comments with full sentences containing personal information, posting sentences like hope your daughter Lillian is doing well at the University of Manchester. And they reply to each other several times! When do you see anyone under the age of 35 doing that? Among younger people, it might even be considered totally socially unacceptable to post information like that in the comments for fear of doxxing. Like Delia said, the follow is totally innocuousyour dad is probably just trying to keep up with your lifebut blocking him doesnt mean you love him any less, unlike the way it would definitely signify bad blood if you blocked someone who has had as much online exposure as you. Not to be like that, but depending on his tech savvy, how would he even know if you blocked him? Still, if you think youd feel too guilty about it (fair enough), I would recommend muting him from your Stories and keeping it tame on your feed. But overall, I think its better to play by boomers social code when it comes to this stuff, which treats the digital ecosystem as a separate entity rather than an overlapping reality. As long as your dad knows how much you love him, and you spend time showing it in person, thats all that matters.
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As you establish your career, you want to find a way to be seen as reliable. That means developing habits that enable you to be a consistent performer so that you are recognized as someone who will complete what you are asked to do, on time and with high quality. I used the word “habits” here on purpose. Being consistent is not something that is easy to do if you have to think about what to do in every situation. Instead, you need to have behaviors that you engage automatically each day that enable you to perform day in and day out. Here are a few ways to develop the critical habits that support your consistency: Have a solid routine One of the most significant factors that can hold you back from being consistent is the way you live your life overall. Being consistent at work means showing up on time and being able to concentrate effectively throughout the day. If you are consistently running late on the way to work, you will feel like youre playing catch-up all day. If your energy levels get low at key parts of the day, you are not going to be as productive. Perhaps the most important thing you can do to develop more consistency is to get regular sleep. There are individual differences in how much sleep people need, but most people need about eight hours of good sleep a night. As boring as it may seem, getting to bed at a consistent time each night is important. Avoid substances like caffeine or alcohol that can disrupt your sleep patterns. Regular exercise helps as well. The state of your body also influences the state of your mind. When your body is functioning well, your concentration is also improved. Good sleep has lots of benefits. It helps to create more even energy levels throughout the day. Sleep also helps to remove toxins from the brain that promotes long-term health. In addition, sleep allows you to maintain your emotional resilience. Sleep lessens the persistent impact of events that lead to negative emotions. A regular routine also helps you to arrive at work on time. When you wake up at the same time each day, you can plan to be ready to work on time. This is particularly important if you have to commute to an office. Slow and steady wins the race Consistency is about ensuring that you get high-quality work done every day. Bringing your best self to work requires you to understand your own work style. Everyone has an optimal amount of effort they can put in daily and still be ready to come back to work the next day. When you put in a lot more effort than that on a given day, you are likely to come back the following day with a decreased ability to concentrate, which can lead to a lot of wasted time. Structure your workday to find that optimal marathon pace that will allow you to be ready to work effectively each day. Avoid prolonged sprints. Work with your supervisor to prioritize tasks so that you are not putting in long hours that make you less effective as time goes on. Start working on long-term projects in advance so that you are not pressed against deadlines in ways that lead you to late nights. Pay attention to negative feedback Often, when something at work goes badly, you want to avoid thinking about it. After all, rehashing a mistake or failure is painful to do. It brings back feelings of guilt, shame, and inadequacy that are physically uncomfortable to experience. Yet, there is a lot of important information in the errors and failures you experience at work. You may not be able to delve into those details on the day you experience a failure, but after a few days (and nights of sleep), you will be better able to think about those bad outcomes. Use those experiences to identify places where things went wrong. If you have a hard time figuring that out for yourself, talk to your supervisor or a trusted mentor to get feedback. Consistency requires learning from mistakesyou dont want to be consistent in the errors you make. The more that you practice doing your own postmortem analyses of errors, the easier it becomes to do them in the future. When you recognize the benefits of changing your behavior as a result of mistakes, you will start to see the opportunities in errors rather than just the consequences of tasks that went wrong. That can lessen the impact of negative feelings that come along with failures.
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Its 6:14 a.m. and you, the middle manager, wake up to the rumbling of your phone on your nightstand. You know you should have notifications silenced but your VPs time zone is three hours ahead and when they want an update, everyone is expected to drop everything. Seven unread Slack messages. Your stomach drops. The Q1 goals check-in was this morning and your direct report didnt update the slides with the latest metrics. You throw off the sheets, hit brew on the coffee maker, and open your laptop. Im on it! you respond and jump into the deck to make the changes. Your day was already slammed with meetings, but now you have to come up with time to give your team member feedback on missing those updates. Getting your 5-year-old out the door with matching shoes on is a piece of cake compared to the day you have ahead of you: 9:30 a.m.: Smooth things over with your VP after they got to the meeting with an incomplete deck. 10 a.m.: Team meeting to relay the plan ratified in the Q1 goals meeting, discussing each team members priorities and load balancing where necessary. 11 a.m.: Interview a new project coordinator candidate. 11:30 a.m.: Lead a cross-functional project kickoff meeting. 12:30 p.m.: Squeeze in the feedback meeting with your team who put the wrong updates in the deck. Listen to their counter feedback that its actually your fault because you didnt remind them the day before. 12:55 p.m.: Scarf down a sandwich at your desk. 1 p.m.: Talent review meeting with HR. 2 p.m.: 1:1 with a direct report to brainstorm the next steps on a project. 2:30 p.m.: Work on the project strategy deck for tomorrows review. 3 p.m.: Attend a meeting that four of your team members are also in 3:30 p.m.: Quick chat with a team member giving their two-week notice. 3:45 p.m.: Silently scream in a bathroom stall while rocking yourself, thinking about the mountain of work that the team member is leaving behind. 4 p.m.: The manager stops by to brief you on a new project to take on. 4:30 p.m.: Jump back onto the deck for tomorrows meeting. 5 p.m.: Race to the car to get to school in time for 5:30 p.m. daycare pickup. . . . and youll do it all again tomorrow. This is just a peek into the day in the life of a middle manager. Sounds like a little much? Research on context switching says it takes about 23 minutes to regain focus once weve stopped doing something, making the rapid-fire 30-minute back-to-back-to-backs a problem in and of itself. But these wouldnt be such an issue if the nature of the meetings were the same. Its not the volume of things thats the kicker, its the continual “altitude shifting” from strategic partner leading kickoff meetings with senior leaders to presentation designer building slides that someone else will present that makes the job of a manager so exhausting. As a former corporate middle manager myself, now a consultant and trainer of managers across companies big and small, the shift from big picture to granular over and over throughout the day prevents you from really feeling like you can contribute in a meaningful way. We might be sick of hearing about burnout, but people are still feeling it, big time. As recently as recently as 2023, according to Microsoft 2023 Work Trend Index Report, 53% of managers reported feeling burned out, 5% more than their non-manager counterparts. No wonder some have resorted to ghosting their teams. So what do we do about it? Here are three simple ways to reduce the pain caused by altitude shifting. Group similar meetings Group together similar kinds of meetings on the same days, for example having all of your 1:1 meetings on Mondays to kick off the week or project meetings on Tuesdays when folks are in othe ffice together. When our calendar looks like Swiss cheese, we can get in the habit of slotting in meetings whenever we have a free moment, but this reinforces the overwhelm of having to operate at so many different levels in one day. You might not be able to make this change today, or even this week, but make it a goal to look two to three weeks ahead and start grouping similar meetings on the same days. Plan and schedule heads down time One of the biggest challenges created by meetings overload, something that pretty much every manager Ive ever worked with experiences, is that theres virtually no time for project work. This often means project work is left to the hours of 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. before you finally pass out from exhaustion (and we wonder why were burning out). Instead of fitting work in where you can, plan for it. Find and schedule one to two hours every week for project time, during working hours, that you dont schedule over. This will allow you to get stuff done without incurring the cost of the 23 minutes lost from context switching. Delegate the small stuff Managers hate when I talk about delegating in the context of time management, but Im sorry, my friend, because it is your secret weapon for getting more time back. More than that, its going to get you to the right level of altitude you should be focused at, instead of dropping into the details all of the time. Look across all of the meetings you have each week and tasks on your plate, and identify what meaningful things you could hand off to a team member that will help you scale better. For example, invite a team member to do a first-round interview with a potential candidate, skip the meeting your team members are also in, and ask them to email you a recap, give that team member another chance on the slide updates, and let them own the deck. Handing these off (while setting clear expectations and defining what success looks like) allows you to spend more of your limited time actually leading your team. Ultimately, the middle manager’s role is to empower their teams to grow. Its impossible to do this when were too stuck in all the details and barely able to come up for air. Get ahead of this by actively managing your calendar, planning your work, and delegating effectively; you will not only have a team that rises to the challenge of taking more on, but your job will get a lot easier as a middle manager.
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