Beyond Managing Up: Earn Your Peers’ Recognition

Taiwan’s workplace culture has long emphasized managing up. In a new era, that is one thing, but earning broad recognition among peers should matter more if you want to lead a team forward effectively. ---- Team leaders are usually chosen carefully. Google’s approach is interesting: before promoting someone, it seeks recognition from at least five colleagues with whom that person may work. A boss cannot observe every office behavior, but coworkers can. The boss may not know someone is rude or frequently late; colleagues can make a relatively objective assessment. With their recognition secured beforehand, collaboration goes more smoothly after that person becomes a team leader. #得到聽書矽谷模式 (Dedao audio summary: 矽谷模式 / The Silicon Valley Model)