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.
management Balancing the Business as Usual (BAU) and Project Work of a Development Team Development teams can get bogged down doing too much BAU work or get lost by focusing heavily on project work. Finding the balance is important but tricky.
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.
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 Australia's Got (IT) Talent Large companies in Australia are going overseas to find skilled IT talent because they say there isn't enough here. It takes skill to find, acquire and manage talent.
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
