If you’re a Manager, what you really are is a Leader. This was my favourite section title from Code Your Way Up. Why? Because it sums up precisely what we need now, today, this instant – leaders, not managers. Your title might say Manager but you are anything but, it’s time to raise your game and realize you can be more and your team needs you to be more. The saying isn’t – “Take me…
It’s been almost four months that people have been working remotely – many from the unfortunate locations of their couch, coffee tables, basements with no windows, the list goes on and on. These aren’t ideal workplace scenarios for many – they didn’t volunteer to be work remotely on the flip of a coin, they were told not to come in. On Remotely Prepared, we do our best to help you navigate this new environment and…
We’re still in a deficit when it comes to good, scary good leaders in software. We’re still wondering why software is taking so long to build and never getting out the door. We’re still looking aimlessly at each other across ZOOM channels hoping someone puts their hand up. We’re still hoping that someone else is going to do the work. They won’t. It’s your turn, we need you, take your seat at the table.
We worry too much about messing things up. When we should be worrying about holding back and not messing it up in the first place. It’s the mess that shows us how best to clean things up and make them better then they were before. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared…
Tell me when this has worked for everyone involved? If it’s something simple, like the background of the page, sure, figure it out as we go. If it’s something more complex, like the vision of a new project or the upcoming of a release. Nothing is more demoralizing to your team then hearing – “we’ll figure it out as we go” when they are about to jump into a new project. There is a time…