Weekly newsletter #171
The best of what I've read this week, about operations, training and education, communication, and more
Hello!
I have been diligently working on book editing, so I don’t have other content or updates of my own to share this week. Thanks to Brannan | B is for Book Coach for all the ongoing help and encouragement!
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Last week’s most popular link:
Sarah Rilling shares 5 things that will instantly separate you if you want to operate at a higher level 📝
What I've been reading, watching, and listening to:
LinkedIn
Daniela Costa writes that remote work doesn’t fail because of the people. It fails because of the company 📝
Becca Anderson writes advice as the first hire at a startup: your job isn’t to know everything. Your first job is to ask the right questions, listen hard, and think alongside your founders
Amy McClain writes about career growth in enablement, noting a difference between the skills required to do the job and those required to lead the function. And why you should stop letting Enablement own your 1:1 coaching
Sara McNamara writes that you might be in ops if… and how not everything is worth automating
Arriel Balogun shares takeaways from her session at the RevOpsAF conference
Jacki Leahy writes how tools can’t magically solve for aligning your leadership team on what’s true and what matters 📝
Rachel Squire writes about what to do when you hear the question: “Why aren’t we seeing more progress?”
Darrell Alfonso writes how Marketing Ops gets misunderstood at every level of the org (more here in Darrell’s newsletter)
Ashley Faus writes that we need to make marketing MARKETING again
Kristin Runnebaum writes that the ops leaders who gain the most influence are those who can connect operational decisions to business priorities
Whitney Sieck writes about the definition problem with enablement
Al Dea writes about thinking about how a message is going to land on the other person's ears in a way that gets them to do the thing we want them to do.
Articles, Reports, Guides, Newsletters
Jade Rubick writes about how to be an information flow superhero
PeopleStorming writes about The Multiplier Effect: Mastering the 3 Sources of Organizational Influence
Colette Molteni writes: You Shipped It. Did Anyone Understand It? Delivery isn’t adoption. Comprehension is the bridge
Al Dea writes about how, in an Uncertain World, Create Your Own Opportunities: Why Your Opportunity Flywheel Matters Now More Than Ever
Kasey Jones writes about the client who changed how to think about results (and what to track) 📝
Jess Almlie writes that It’s Time to Move Our Finish Line in Learning
Ryan Parker writes that Sales Enablement Keeps Getting Called In to Clean Up Launches That Were Never Theirs to Fix
Max Pete writes that Everyone online sounds the same now. Don’t outsource your spark
Amy Mitchell writes about The Completeness Trap: You don’t need more detail. You need a smaller decision.
Tom McDowall writes about Shared Definitions
Danielle Balestra writes about Navigating Pressure in Marketing Operations
Podcasts, Webinars, Videos
Mike Barton and Michael Hartmann discuss that You’re Ignoring 25% of Your Audience - And Ops Owns It
Adam Grant and Molly Graham discuss how to navigate uncertainty — four questions before committing to any big project, “deliberate then dive”, and how to measure success when the numbers don’t tell the whole story
James Jackson and Matthew Volm discuss how RevOps isn’t a Service Desk. The Curse of Yes
Cal Newport discusses cognitive fitness by detailing a five-step routine for strengthening your ability to think in a distracted world
Dani Johnson and Al Dea discuss What’s New in Learning and Development
Christina Garnett and Aparna Sharon Isa Dass discuss how you don’t need a six-figure budget to build a six-figure advocacy engine
Featured Events or Classes:
Featured Book:
Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein (affiliate link to bookshop.org)
Featured Remote Jobs:
And Kelly Jo Horton shared a list of interesting marketing ops jobs here.
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