April 16, 2021
I am tired of people not showing up for meetings. Showing up can take the form of any or some of the following; Not preparing for the meeting. Interrupting people. Setting the meeting back with irrelevant questions. I’m tired of those things happening on my ZOOM calls. Yes we might be tired of having to have all the meetings, but let’s not confuse ZOOM with our inherent meeting culture which is the real problem.
April 15, 2021
So here it is… Now get back to it.
April 12, 2021
Confusion occurs when the task we are trying to accomplish is hit with new information that questions the necessity of the task. I’m asked to make scrambled eggs, but we have no eggs. Confusion – what should I do? Compounded Confusion occurs when we don’t change our direction based on the new information. I tell you we have no eggs and yet we keep being asked to make scrambled eggs. Now the issue is no longer about the task, but rather about the confusion of the task. Now we are talking about the confusion that is being derived from the
April 10, 2021
You role, what you seek to accomplish, what you deliver, what you focus on. Is what you design it to be. The skills, the habits, the actions, the movements, the presentations are all yours to take and yours to own. If you want to be a manager, act like one. If you want to be a senior developer, learn what it takes to become one and start doing those things. If you want to be a product manager, do what product managers do. No one is stopping you from doing the role that you want to do. You might not
April 6, 2021
The Hardest plan to work on is one where it’s about the people on your team. On their growth. Taking into account their skills. What they are able to accomplish. What level they are at. It’s not a plan for you and what you need, it’s a plan for them and what they need. Many managers will struggle with this type of planning because the line between their goals that they need to achieve and what their people need are not always in alignment. Having to forgo their goals in favour of someone on their team is not something that
