Five Questions: Janice Whyne
The health and future of your team, project, organisation, profit margin etc. can hinge on your ability to sufficiently understand the nature of existing relationships,… Read More »Five Questions: Janice Whyne
management
William Slim on operations and administration
To separate operational and administrative responsibility is to break a rule I have rarely seen violated without someone paying a heavy penalty. Viscount William Slim… Read More »William Slim on operations and administration
On tiredness, bad form and self talk
I’m a good swimmer. My form is pretty good (at least to non-swimmers), and my powerful strokes allow me to cut through the water like… Read More »On tiredness, bad form and self talk
Ben Horowitz on leadership and management
Can you think about systems? Can you think about how broad-scale systems interactions occur and what the implications are? … In order to make that… Read More »Ben Horowitz on leadership and management
Peter Drucker on balancing short and long term goals
If a manager does not take care of the next hundred days, there will be no next hundred years. Whatever the manager does should be… Read More »Peter Drucker on balancing short and long term goals
Yardstick: more capacity
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or that progress is slow, it may help to look back at last year, when you probably felt the same. A… Read More »Yardstick: more capacity
Peter Drucker on performance appraisals
Effective executives usually work out their own unique form of performance appraisal. It starts out with a statement of the major contributions expected from a… Read More »Peter Drucker on performance appraisals
Hard conversations
…aren’t supposed to be easy. The person you need to have the conversation with might be a peer, a friend, a long-term colleague. The conversations… Read More »Hard conversations
Resources: Steve Blank Playlist
If you’re not familiar with Steve Blank, start here: The Principles of Lean “No business plan survives first contact with customers.” On Acting on Customer… Read More »Resources: Steve Blank Playlist
A balancing act for leaders (1)
Some types of work that leaders do: Foundational and Directional Work This is the vision and values stuff – identifying needs, thinking through the “why”… Read More »A balancing act for leaders (1)