Allison Matlack

Allison Matlack

Open leadership, culture, and the human side of tech

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2025

    An ode to the builders

2024

    Rethinking async communications: A maturity model for remote teams

    Thriving in uncertain times: Revisiting employee engagement

    The power of advocacy: What two chairs taught me about leadership

    Preventing the pufferfish effect: Tips for managing change

    Reflections on my first year at GitHub

2023

    How to communicate like a GitHub engineer

2020

    Building teams we want to be on (regardless of where they're located)

2018

    Beyond engagement: What leaders need to know about empowering others

    Learning to be open without turning into a mesmerized chicken

2017

    Four tips for leaders helping others evolve their careers

    Leaders are more powerful than they think

    Changing your entrenched processes can increase customer loyalty

2016

    I'm not an impostor and know exactly what I'm doing

    Combining individual powers to make team collaboration easy

    Set aside ego for the sake of a shared goal

    The Tao of project management

2015

    A starry-eyed dreamer reflects on The Open Organization

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