October 12, 2020
Take it. Don’t worry if you stumble or make a mistake as you get started. You are the one that decided to take on the hardest role when no one else did. Not everyone will recognize that. But those that do. Will be thankful you had the courage to take that step.
October 11, 2020
Letting someone sit in the lobby. Muting them when they are talking. Grabbing the Screen share session. Forcing people on video because everyone else is. Daily Status updates to channels so people know they are working. Making sure that presence icon is always green. These are the new management power moves that are running the remote world. It’s a petty list that does nothing to help your team work better and more effectively. I don’t need to go through each one to say what the adverse affects are – you can do that for yourself. Remote work, remote leadership, remote
October 10, 2020
There come’s a moment in every team’s lifespan, when they start to drift. They become complacent. They go onto auto-pilot. They start going through the motions. What they build is definitely not what the customer asked for. In short, they drift. Everyone knows how to “wake up” your team, fix the drift, get them back on track and figure out what’s going on (if not, there is a way to fix that). Identifying it before it becomes too late is another task altogether that can be harder for managers, especially new managers to figure out. Some early warning signs include;
October 9, 2020
You have an idea. Seven months ago, you’d march into the room, grab the marker, cover the wall with your ingenious ideas as the team behind you consumed it all. When you were done, you’d drop the marker like a mic, sit down and bask in your glory as the team reveled in all that you created for them. Perhaps it didn’t quite happen like that, but you get the idea. Conveying an idea to your team is a much easier thing on-site than off. When you’re on-site you can see the moment your team starts to drift, where they
October 8, 2020
On a good day, hiring people for your team is a challenge. A quick look at some articles I’ve written on interviewing further confirms how tricky this can be. Running a Technical Interview One Rule for Interviews How Not to Prep for an Interview – Part 2 Now Not to Prep for an Interview – Part I Stop the Memory Questions Getting Past the Gatekeeper Hire Someone Better Senior Years but Junior Experience Selling Yourself References Used to Mean Something And that is just what I’ve written about on this site alone and not in my book – Code Your
