April 21, 2021
You wouldn’t put a cast on a completely healthy leg – just in case you broke it later that week would you? Probably not. So don’t fall into the trap of doing extra coding – “just in case they want this or they want to do this or someone asks for this”. There is a line between accepting edge cases into your code and embarking on “just in case coding”. If you are using the wording – “just in case” – it’s probably that type of coding.
April 20, 2021
There is a difference between getting better and looking better. When you are getting better – you are focused on your team, their growth, their skills, their objectives, delivering the work that you do – in doing so you might have to change gears on the fly, you might have to shift your approach, you might have to try out new ideas. To the outside, it might not look great, but you’re in it for the long run, you’re in it for the growth and the betterment of your team. That is all that you are in it for –
April 19, 2021
We are at a time in our lives where things are not going as great as we wish they would be (or maybe should have been). Where we are working as hard as we can, doing everything we can to achieve one goal – staying safe. And that one goal is falling by the wayside. In the battle to see where we are at, we are checking the scale daily to see if we are going up or down or staying the same. It’s the complete opposite of what you are supposed to do when trying to lose weight –
April 18, 2021
My level of anxiety, worry, spidey sense and big flashing red alarm warnings starts going off when I’m in the midst of a heavy presentation only to have someone at the back ask the following question. “Is this the right template that we should be using?” At that point, I want to stop presenting and look around the room to get a feel for what is being said. Is the “beauty and prettiness” of what is being presented more valuable than the function of what is actually being presented. If everything else being presented was garbage would we be just
April 17, 2021
We’ve interviewed a number of people this season on Remotely Prepared from the HR discipline. I’m guessing that’s a trend that’s going around these days. Our recent guest, Pat Mullins, is one of the most down to earth HR interviews we’ve ever had. At the end of this great interview, he told us that – “I’m just the HR guy.”- which had me laughing because he is so great at it. Here’s the full interview.
