leadership Asking For and Receiving Feedback as a Leader Requesting and receiving feedback is crucial for an IT leader. It is too easy to think we are doing an excellent/terrible job when the truth is quite different.
management Using the GROW Model for One on One Meetings As a leader, you need to help the individuals in your team develop. The GROW model offers a structured way to help team members to set and achieve goals that benefit them and the company.
leadership One-way and Two-way Door Decisions Decisions are something that we have to do many times a day and having a heuristic for decision making can make us much more efficient and effective.
mission-and-vision 8 Benefits of Great Vision and Mission Statements It takes a lot of effort to create, communicate and integrate Vision and Mission statements into an organisation, but when done right, there are subtle and powerful benefits.
OKRs How to Measure OKRs If we set arbitrary OKRs with vague Objectives and Key Results, we could end up with a set of Key Results that can't be completed and Objectives that have an unknown impact on the business. Let's explore how to measure, score, grade and review OKRs.
management People are not lazy A friend once said to me "People are not lazy; they are just unmotivated." I find this statement helpful because it shifts one from a blaming attitude "You can't get good help these days!" to a more proactive attitude "What can I do to help X be more engaged/motivated?".
management "Don't come to me with problems" I once approached a manager to discuss an issue that was weighing heavily on my mind and was told: "Don't come to me with problems, come to me with solutions!". The meeting quickly
