People

Teams Outlast Projects

Teams Outlast Projects

In my startup days, we often had these dead marches where we had to implement a massive new feature in time before some kind of trade show happened.

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How teams grow organically

How teams grow organically

I’ve been working a lot with service line architecture recently. If you’re not familiar with that; it’s how business units such as IT, HR, or Sales bring services to clients, both internal and external.

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The real ask

The real ask

One of my mentors, Steven Caus, always taught me the concept of “the question behind the question”: The question we receive is not always the problem we need to solve.

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Choosing where to spend my team’s effort

Choosing where to spend my team’s effort

It’s the start of a new fiscal year. Strategy season. That time when all the grand ideas come out and everyone is still hopefull.

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Communication for team leaders - Ownership

Communication for team leaders - Ownership

And we’ve come to the last post in the series of “communication for team leaders.” This one is about ownership.

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Communication for team leaders - Trust

Communication for team leaders - Trust

The second part of a three-part"Communication for Team Leaders". This one is about trust, letting go and delegating. I think it’s the hardest one for new managers.

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Communication for team leaders - Context

Communication for team leaders - Context

This will be the first post in a series of three called “Communication for Team Leaders”. The first focuses on context and why it’s crucial in daily communication and task-giving.

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