Everone’s tired. Everyone has something going on that you don’t know about. But ignoring those hard conversations and those hard questions will only make things worst, will only cause distrress and confusion amongst your team in the short-run and long-run. I’m reminded of the interview we had with Heather Caudill a few months ago on Remotely Prepared where she talked about the need for these conversations and what value has come from initiating them and…

We all have one, someone, in some part of the company, organization, department, team that keeps us in play. When things go wrong, they jump into help. When things go right, they are there to make sure we get our due credit. When things blow up in our face, they encourage us to go on. When we need a moment, they find it and give it to us. When it’s time to move on, they…

If you are doing it right, this is what it feels like. It seems unpleasant, but it really isn’t, it’s tricky at first but as you get rolling you’ll get better and better. At the beginning, you are pulled in every different way as you try to find your focus, routine and delivery schedule that lines up with what your team needs to grow and deliver. The hard part is committing to giving it your…

It doesn’t matter what your role on a project is, what you were brought in to do or what you were hired for. What matters is what you are doing, how you are contributing to the team and how you are pushing the project forward. Three years on one project is a long time. What you didn’t think your role was going to change? You didn’t think you were going to grow?

Some considerations to think of when looking for a mentor; They don’t have to be in your field of study.They do need to call you out when you have done things wrong and push you to fix them.They need to keep you on point.They need to have time to work with you.They are not there to do the work.They need to have a plan to help you grow.If they can’t help you they will redirect…