Recruiting – Trust your gut
I’ve interviewed literally hundreds of candidates over many years (possibly in the thousands territory now that I think about it) and one takeaway to…
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HBR Dec 2019 issue on coaching – a must read
Successful modern management is about moving away from command and control towards coaching, mentoring, supporting, and guiding.
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Agile Q&A – how to handle additional work into the sprint
Question from one of our teams:
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ADO Area Paths vs. Iteration Paths
We have a multitude of teams that work on the same product, for the same release, but on different projects/features.
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If I Were 22
If I Were 22 In my early 20’s the Internet and Web were just coming out.
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Management :: Define a vision to guide your priorities
Often organizations can find themselves under a mountain of requests and they can’t see the forest from the trees.
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Career :: Adding new value = growth
A number of things can influence career progression and salary such as results, professional networking/relationships, and ambition.
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Discover the business before you scale the business
I was watching this short discussion panel regarding strategic advice from Angel investors (Ron Conway and Mike Maples) to start-ups.
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Agile :: Handling stories with blocking business issues
One of our teams that is undergoing the transformation towards Scrum came across an interesting situation:
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Communication :: Keep it as short as possible with executives
Have you ever cleared your inbox down to zero?
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