I’m a big fan of doing demos on the fly. Fire up the compiler, and show people what you’ve done. They are meant to be exciting, exhilarating and the best forum in the world to get feedback on how you are doing. Whether you plan it or not, you should always show up ready to go. If you aren’t ready to go, push it off, an hour, a day (no more than a day) but…
Too many. Too many lurking around. Too many that I don’t log into but get random texts or emails from. Too many need to be cleaned up. Too many that I don’t even know still exist. Spring cleaning is coming early.
This is the best way to start a meeting where no one knows what is happening or what the problem is. It sets the tone and gets people into the right mindset. It’s not about justifying your position. Assigning blame. Or analyzing what did or did not go wrong. It’s about getting everyone on the same page before deciding to move forward.
When was the last time you worked with someone on your team that you’ve been dying to work with for a while on a special project? It doesn’t even have to be a special project, just some project. There are people that I have worked with where I never got this opportunity, I kept pushing it off, thinking it would happen way later in our careers but something came up -I left, they left, moved…
Whether you are restarting with an old team or starting with a new team – the last week of “things opening up” was probably stressful for you and your team. Not only that, how many times have we been through this before? (I don’t want to count, but I know the number is lurking in the back of my head). You have a ton of things to catch up on, you have to motivate your…