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Thinkydoers Ep 02: The downsides of “managing up”
Sara Lobkovich Sara Lobkovich

Thinkydoers Ep 02: The downsides of “managing up”

This is the first in a two-part series about why we work with clients to uncover and unlearn the behavior of "managing up," and replace it with a culture of self-management. It IS necessary to carefully and intentionally manage our relationships at work (up, down, and across), but the way managing up is coached in many organizations centers leaders instead of the work itself. The practice is inefficient…

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Happy Birthday, Red Currant Collective
Sara Lobkovich Sara Lobkovich

Happy Birthday, Red Currant Collective

We’re not going to share all the details here on the blog, but I do want to catch you up on where we started and where we are now. (The sneak peek of where we’re going is only for the folks who’ve joined our email list.)

Red Currant Collective was a hopeful idea: that my background and track record working with the Objective and Key Result (OKR) goal-alignment methodology was rare and valuable enough to build a solopreneur business around.

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The Podcast

Thinkydoers is where we shift out of our heads and whiteboard drawings and work to find language for our thought-work and stories.

Each episode tackles a question, a thought experiment, or a resource intended to help you reduce frustration and friction, and increase satisfaction and flow, in your work.

Courses & Community

Thinkydoers, frustrated change agents, overthinkers, and challengers of the status quo:

You’ve found your people.

Here you’ll find our library of free downloadable tools, results-focused online learning options, and other ways to connect through our communities. Draft Evolutionary OKRs Playbook