This Month’s Agile Interview Corner Features Alexander Frumkin Talking About Psychological Safety
This interview was conducted and written by SVPM Scrum Team program volunteers, Katie Karp and Meghana Panth. Executive Editor, Donald …
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Keeping an external job offer alive
It’s usually bad news when your job offer is put on hold. Sometimes the offer disappears. So what strategies can you employ to make sure you keep that offer alive even if the employer has to suspend plans for bringing you on board?
Better cross-functional collaboration, trust and communication
In 2012’s Study of Product Team Performance, respondents were asked what they would change about the core product team. “Better …
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Which Comes First, Credibility or Trust?
When it comes to being an effective Project Manager, one of your greatest assets in leading your project teams is …
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Whenever Possible, Partner with People you Trust
I’ve been involved with NOVA (one of the best One-Stop Workforce Development agencies in the country) for the past 14 …
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A Tale of Three Cities – London, Toronto, and Redwood Shores
It had all the earmarks of a disaster, a real career-sinker of a project. And here was my old friend …
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Lead by Fear and Intimidation or Lead by Positive Motivation… – Your Choice
As Project Managers, I’m sure we’ve all seen the kind of scenario where there is a project team member who …
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Teams? Why not just have a meeting?
Teams. It seems like such an obvious part of project life. Or, is it? Recently, I’ve been noticing some things …
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Change Leadership and Trust
Yesterday I covered 3 points for change leadership and project management: 1. You implement change everyday in your role as …
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Project Interrupted
One more complaint from my students (see Monday/Tuesday posts) is: “I’m given other jobs, in addition to my coding, and …
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The Key to Successful Cross-functional Collaboration
Quick: what’s the biggest challenge in cross-functional collaboration? Bing! Yes, “building trusting, open relationships” is correct! Does that sound too …
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Point 8 – Deming in Project Management
Drive out Fear and Create Trust Fear encourages short-term thinking. One of Deming’s classic stories was about a foreman who …
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Trust Week 2: Smartly building trust
In January I did a series of blogs on “Getting Smart about Trust.” Laying the Groundwork for Trust. I talked …
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Drill Sgt. or Project Manager?
I had dinner tonight at the Cheesecake Factory. I sat at the bar ’cause it was so crowded and next …
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Building Trust in Distant Teams
Hi everyone, this is my first actual blog on this website. I wanted to talk with you about the issue …
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Trust Week 1: Getting smart about trust
So this guy goes to an all day workshop on trust. And in the supportive environment of the workshop, he …
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