Tag: leadership
All the articles with the tag "leadership".
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The Hero Factory
Updated:Working in teams is the de-facto standard for most companies doing some kind of knowledge-work. Every employee is part of a team of people, at least in the…
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Uncovering Root Causes of Poor Performance: An Introduction
Updated:As a manager of a team of people, one of your responsibilities is to make that people reporting to you are able to perform at their best. So when it happens…
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The challenge of a team of consultants
Updated:DISCLAIMER: This post has nothing to do with my employer. We are doing many things right, but that doesn’t change my opinion it is harder to make a group of…
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Success: ownership
Updated:The second most important success factor for a consultant at an assignment is facilitating ownership of the work they have done. It is also the hardest and…
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Shared-first communication should be the norm*
Updated:*if the work allows it without putting anyone or anything in danger.
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Tools are only valuable in context
Updated:As a consultant, I get to work with more companies than if I would be employed at a non-consulting company. Even though the problems I am hired to solve can…
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It’s always about people (a scenario)
Updated:Sometimes in tech it feels like we’re making decisions about technology, but work in tech is done by people with people. And most companies today are also…
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Stuck in a model
From the title, it almost sounds like this post is about some kind of virtual reality. I assure you it's not. It's an (potentially forced) attempt at a…
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First thing to do as a new team!
Teams, the smallest work unit in a company, come and go. And in companies where there is a lot of growth, they see the necessity of creating more and more…
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Solutions focus in personal development
I am not a big fan of the so-called “performance review” or “personal development” or whatever-name-they-have meetings. I think the idea is good in…