Time and time again, teams are put together and asked to build a solution. The skeptics on these teams, those that …
The skeptic builder makes a mess
Start with belief in why you build something or before you build. A skeptic without belief usually delivers disappointment. Sadly, leaders …
Fast Start — More Toxic Workplace
Fast start conversation: Open-plan office space. All the rage. Well, this office space plan may cause a genuine type rage far …
Fast Start — How dissent shapes organizations
People speak loudest with their feet. Markets, in an economist perspective, are all about exits, when to sell, when to cash in.
Fast Start — How to Beat the Odds Judging Risk
Fast Start conversation:Â People overestimate their ability to judge risk. Â Both the upside potential as well as the downside loss. Incomplete …
Fast Start — Why your boss really is an ape
Fast Start conversation: Â Frustrating. You write your boss and wait for a response, and wait, and finally, get a short, perhaps …
What’s wrong with employee engagement? Ask Facebook
Praise in public, scold in private. Many are coached on this. But what happens when a single manager’s lack of self-awareness meets the level of the Facebook video a father posted to his daughter? See video below?
What, you ask, can the paternal bond of a father and a daughter offer management? The situation, I witness far too often, is a manager’s tough love, just as a father hides behind, will snap an employee or co-worker back into line. The father in this video uses tough love and tough love seems a viable option in a far too many manager tool kits, as well.
Controlling bosses cause poor work
A boss gets things done through others. An ability to influence others to meet a goal is critical to get things …
Fistful of beans 08/24/2011
Three of things I’ve seen, read, or thought might seed results: 1.  Bored People Quit — Rands in Response blog People …
Influence of The Modern Firm
Organizations design success promotes relations: relations of people within the firm, relations of strategic choices within environmental features. The modern firm serves to coordinate the …
Getting it done versus getting it accomplished
Some people, and some organizations, can confuse very elemental operational concepts. Â The confusion is tough to trace to a culture issue …
Project management is useless without scale
Project management is a profession. Project management is a discipline. Project management is a skill. Project management is a function. Project management is a process. Project management is …