Charli and Femke discuss the common challenges people face when pursuing promotions, share strategies to prepare for performance reviews, and explore options for those who perform well but are unable to get promoted.

Timestamps:

0:57 Episode start

01:50 Catch up

07:25 What are the main challenged people that you mentored were having around promotions?

10:37 Thinking about promotions as a manager

16:01 Advice to people to whom it is not clear what needs to be done in order to get promoted

22:17 How to set yourself up for success l for the performance review time

28:32 What if you do a good job but you cannot get a promotion?

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Femke’s course “Product strategy for designers”

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Charli and Femke discuss their evolving perspectives on side projects, preferred platforms and content formats, and how these have changed throughout their careers, while also sharing their current goals—Charli opening up about her book writing journey and Femke explaining how her approach to her course is continuously evolving.

Timestamps:

01:26 - Episode start

03:11 - How are you currently thinking about side projects? How do you describe what you do on the side when meeting new people?

05:23 - Perspectives on different platforms and content formats

08:38 - Charli’s main side project at the moment: writing a book

09:42 - Updates on Charli’s YouTube channel

16:00 - How Charli incorporates Claude into her creative process

17:00 - Strategies behind choosing and developing content formats

25:25 - Femke shares her vision for her business

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Femke’s course “Product strategy for designers”

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Femke and Charli discuss how to foster a culture of knowledge sharing at a workplace. They explore how to structure language-sharing sessions, whether these should focus on work-related topics or personal expertise, how to encourage team members to participate, and what roles leaders and team members play in sharing knowledge.

Timestamps:

01:25 Episode start

02:27 Catch up

06:52 How did educational 'Lunch and Learn' sessions come about at Femke’s work?

08:06 Are these sessions about work topics or personal expertise?

11:26 Does Kit have a format for ICs to sign up or volunteer to share with the team? How is knowledge sharing structured at Charli’s and Femke’s jobs?

21:03 Does sharing come from anyone on the team or mainly leaders? How much do leaders set an example, and how did you get that started?

21:47 How do you protect team members’ time and set expectations for knowledge sharing beyond their regular responsibilities? Do you expect everyone to share knowledge at a certain level, and how much of it is built into their responsibilities?

26:32 How often do you do knowledge sharing?

26:52 Do you encourage your team to consume any of your content?

Links:

Femke's community

Femke’s course “Product strategy for designers”

Share your topic suggestions for the show with us at hello@designlife.fm