Better Leaders. Better Results.
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain You can create a better stage for high performance teams if you know how. The key is to know what dynamics actually underpin high …
What is the success pattern for leading a successful v-team? I asked one of my mentors, a seasoned softie for his take on what are the keys to a successful v-team. Here is what he had to say: you’re building a coalition — not just a vteam make sure everyone is committed … not just …
Have you ever been on a project where key stakeholders don’t have skin in the game, but they have a controlling vote? This is a bad situation. It’s like multiple backseat drivers, except they won’t be there if the car crashes. What’s the solution? You turn chickens into pigs! The Chicken and the Pig You …
David Anderson distills his software management learnings down into four bullets: Focus on Quality Reduce Work-in-progress Balance capacity against demand Prioritize He names this set a recipe for success. Here’s what the recipe mean to me. Focus on Quality For me, focusing on quality means pushing quality upstream, and choosing quality over scope or quantity. …
These are five questions I find help understand where a team is at in terms of their ability to achieve their goals effectively: We have capability do we have capacity? We have capacity do we have capability? We have capacity and capability, do we have throughput? We have capability, capacity and throughput, do we …
