People still need to attend them. Discussions still need to be had. Decisions still need to be made. Disagreements will arise with approach. You probably will still talk over one another to get a point across. You can share what you are working on. Drawing is a little tricky, but you’ll get there and let’s be honest, not everyone was standing up to draw. Just because your meetings no longer need you to book a…
One of the biggest questions new leaders ask themselves when things get a little heady with their first team. What’s most important? The Team or the Delivery. Everyone will give you their own opinions but the only opinion that truly matters is yours. You know what you need to lead. You know what your team can deliver. And most importantly, you know what they need right now. The tricky part, is selling what you know…
Right now, many leaders are learning what it feels like to lead in the dark. When their team isn’t connected to their elbow, when they can’t see what they are doing, when they can’t stop by their desk for a quick 5 minute chat. If can be a bit panicky because here you are expected to lead them and you can’t even find them. It’s okay thought because you’ve been here before, when you first…
We all know who they are. The usual group that when they get together, the same results happen, or rather don’t happen. Nothing changes, progress creeps to a halt and the everyone wonders aloud what went wrong. For change to happen, you some times need to break up the suspects and put them in their own corners, let them go or walk away. Whichever you choose, know that it isn’t your fault
More than at any time before in the history of your team, the software you use, the software you are using will change your team culture. How and what you deliver will inevitably be impacted by the software you use and how you introduce it to your organization. Conferencing and communications are the first step but what comes next? Will people always be calling each other because they can’t wait for chats to come through?…