My favourite part of Remotely Prepared was the Cold Opens. I saw them almost as these little microblogs that got the idea out to everyone as to what we were to discuss and had them interested to stay for the rest of the show. It’s why they are used so heavily in TV, if you can grab the audience in 30 seconds, they’ll stay for the remaining hour to see what happens. If we apply…
When you go to a meeting in a physical location you typically do the following; You take what you need. You go to the room. You start the meeting. When you go to a meeting virtually you typically do the following; Open the Invite Connect to the meeting (generally involves more than two clicks to confirm that you “really” want to go to the meeting. Show up in the meeting and fuss around with drivers…
Your audience is out there, you simply haven’t found them yet. You can have the best message and/or product out there, but without an audience, you will have nothing. Outline who your audience is, write down what they are looking for and what they need from you, then craft your message, the one that will help them understand who you are and what you are about. It might not work the first time, but that’s…
When was the last time you asked yourself this question? Where are you Not Leading? Where is your team falling down? Where are they failing? Where do they need your help? It’s not the “warm and fuzzy” question we all want to be asking, but it’s the question, you the leader, needs to be asking of yourself all the time, to ensure you’re helping your team, leading, supporting, and growing them in the best way…
Then go to the backlog and work on it. Ask your Product Manager what you can tackle. Look ahead to the next sprint. If your plate is clean, fill it up. Stop waiting for work to be assigned and start assigning it yourself.