A common challenge that I hear from managers falls along the lines of “I’ve been helping my direct report figure out what they want to do. But now I don’t think staying at this company is best for them.” There…
Leadership
Leadership
Emotions
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Sometimes numerous things happen around the same time that leave a person feeling overwhelmed. Recently, I have been processing the death of two extremely important people in my life (my Uncle Ray and David Hussman). Then add in any additional…
Leadership
Lifting Others
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I’m almost ashamed at how long it took me to realize the enormous value and importance of lifting other people up as a leader. Obviously, it was valuable and important but I didn’t embrace that this was the core until…
Agile, Leadership
Agile2018
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For several years now, I have written something about my experience at the Agile Alliance 20xx conference. I have been attending this conference every year since Agile2007. Yet, each time I am surprised by what I experience. I have written…
Challenges, Guest Authors, Leadership
Leading Through an Unfortunate Reduction in Force (guest post by Bob Hartman)
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As promised, I’m going to occasionally have guest blog post. This one comes from my colleague Bob Hartman with Agile For All. —————————————————————————— I’ve been unfortunate enough to be on the leadership side of several Reduction in Force events. Let…
Leadership
Just a job
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As a leader, I think the words “just a job” are in the top ten worst things I can hear. Sure – there is the obvious damage to the product/service this person is providing. However, that’s not what guts me…
Leadership
But what about…keeping people from slacking?
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This may turn into a series of posts: “but what about…”. To start, I want to highlight a common question I get from managers in leadership and agile classes. Now it’s never the exact same wording but always the same…
Leadership, Techniques
Techniques for remembering
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One of the most important roles for leaders is this combination of challenging and supporting people with their growth. The problem for me is keeping all of the information straight in my head so I don’t forget. Over the years,…
Leadership
Vulnerability as a Leader
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Recently, two colleagues in the community shared something that they were struggling with in a public forum. One was tied to how challenging her book was to write. The other was in experiencing a situation where she felt bullied and…
Challenges, Leadership
Are leaders needed for self-organizing teams?
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Last week, I explained my definitions especially for self-organizing teams. So today, I’ll focus on the questions similar to “Are managers (scrum master, functional manager, team lead, project manager, etc) needed with self-organizing teams?”. First, let me highlight that I’m…