Asking the right question takes skill
By Laura Lee Rose, author of TimePeace: Making peace with time I had a vivid dream last night. In this […]
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Leadership
Do one scary thing a day.
This week we will take a short-cut into slapping ourselves back on the path. We won’t spend time investigating why and what took us off our course. Instead, we will jump into action with the idea of “doing one scary thing a day” to help keep up moving forward at a faster pace.
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Keep Your Culture Positive!
Which is more effective to improve team performance: positive feedback or constructive criticism? a positive culture or a negative one?
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Remote Pair Programming
I’ve been enamored of remote pair programming since briefly leading development at Socialtext, where no three developers were in the
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Strategic Planning: Which Direction Shall We Go?
Signs and times are confusing. Which way should organizations go? Which mix of projects can get you there? So how
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Prescription for Project Success
Today I am at the Project Management Institute (PMI) Community of Practice (Cop) leadership event in San Diego, California. I
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OPM and Agile; Conflicting Frameworks or Complementary Approaches?
Everyone in development knows about Agile. However, Organizational Project Management (OPM) is still relatively unheard of. Simply stated; OPM focuses
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Relationships? Who needs them?
Sticking with my basics theme, how do you feel about building relationships? Does it scare you or does it excite
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Are You Ready?
I have been writing and speaking for a number of years about the need to create an environment for successful
How to Complain like a Champion
We complain. Oh, not you, of course, just those other knuckleheads. At work, our complaints sound like … “Bill’s cluttered
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Think Failure to Succeed
“Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of
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