One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. -Bertrand Russell Humans have needs that aren’t…
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Category: Leadership Principles
Focusing on the Goal
From an email I wrote to a team lead… This is very important. “What is the Goal?” That question is your antidote…
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Optimism in Project Management
An old joke about optimism: someone jumps from a 50 story building, and during his fall someone on the 25th floor asks him how it’s…
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Change
If you are a team leader and you want your team to try a new way of doing things, then you are probably going to…
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Hire the Best
Two questions Let’s say your organization is understaffed. Should you hire? Let’s say the most amazingly talented person shows interest in joining your organization. Should…
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What do you measure?
How do you know if you are doing a good job? It probably depends on what your job is. If you run a work station…
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Trust
What if you gave every employee a small cash fund and a few hours each month to spend as they wished – as long as…
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The Value of Time
Your project has a goal, and you lead the team that will achieve that goal. Is your team’s time valuable? Yes, for at least two…
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Exercise: Quilt Sewing
Let’s do number stuff. Recall the Leadership Ratio and Multiplier Effect concepts In Leadership Is About People, we discuss the concept of the Leadership Ratio to structure thoughts in…
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Plants vs. Zombies
In closed-loop control systems, the system you seek to control is called the plant. The estimator seeks to understand what the plant is doing, and…
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