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15 April 2009
Let's get creative with employees
With limiting resources and having to do more with less it's important that managers inspire their employees to "think out of the box". This phrase has been used for quite awhile and now it may mean more than just a buzz phrase. Entrepreneur.com has a Read More...
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06 April 2009
Change must involve the people and must not be imposed on the people.
I read this line on businessballs.com and it made me really stop and think. Often times when changes happens, or comes down the pipe it definitely involves people, but is it involving the right people, while imposing the wrong ones. In a perfect world Read More...
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31 March 2009
8 ways to retain talent in a recession
CIO Insight has a great slide show illustrating ways to retain your talent during this insane economy. With budgetary cut backs and other cost saving measures being put into practice it's easy to lose sight of a company's most improtant assest-it's people. Read More...
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24 February 2009
Effective learning for you and those you manage.
As companies tighten up and work groups/teams scale down in size we may find ourselves being asked to take on new roles and responsibilities. Some of us have even taken this economic downswing as an opportunity to stretch ourselves and take on new projects, Read More...
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03 February 2009
Change Management
It's been said many times, "that the only constant is change, " and Heraclitus would agree considering his doctrine of change being central to the universe. Everything changes and this means you may be a new manager, or you will be managing a new team. Read More...
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29 January 2009
Questioning as a way of life
I would like to thank Rajesh who is a Principle Development Manager at Microsoft for providing the content for this entry. He poses a great question and scenario that I'm sure quite a few TechLeaders deal with on a daily basis. There is a soft skills Read More...
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20 January 2009
The Differences Between Scrum and Extreme Programming.
Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP) are definitely very aligned. In fact, if you walked in on a team doing one of these processes you might have hard time quickly deciding whether you had walked in on a Scrum team or an XP team. The differences are often Read More...
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16 January 2009
Why Fail?
Does your project and leadership fail due these process mistakes? How do you combat these? What do you feel the #1 reason for failed projects is? (Which might come back to you, the manager, since you were leading the charge) Overly optimistic schedules Read More...
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12 January 2009
The #1 responsibility of a people manager is __________ (fill in the blank)
Empower and Grow individuals! I am very passionate about this. I fully believe that everything else I am responsible for takes a back seat to making sure the people on my team can be successful and move forward in their careers. That those individuals Read More...
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18 December 2008
How to Manage Remote Employees - Part 1
Due to the globalization of today's business managers are faced with having to manage remote employees. This can be a daunting task especially if you are new to managing people let alone remote folks as well. Throughout the next couple of weeks TechLeaders Read More...
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