Monthly Archives: November 2013

Originally posted on The art of lean management:
“In Scrum we <insert Scrum practice here>, would we still do that if we switched to Kanban?” Occasionally I’m approached by people curious about Kanban, and more often than not they are…

Maine DOE Newsroom STANDISH– Bonny Eagle Robotics Team (A.K.A. BERT) announced today that they are currently in second place in a national competition for their team’s “First Foot” engineering concept about a shoe that collects and stores energy. View original … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Musings on Effective Management:
In the defense contracting world budgeting is typically done under a rigorous “earned value management system” (EVMS) that usually includes keeping aside 10% of the budget for use as a “management reserve”.  This can…

Originally posted on AnyaWorkSmart:
After talking to people about my post on Delegation I decided to expand the discussion to other related issues in Management that everybody knows about, but the general understanding remains vague, preventing fruitful actions. Today I…

Originally posted on Linked 2 Leadership:
In a March 2013 Forbes article titled “The Five Dimensions of Learning-Agile Leaders,” Kevin Cashman stipulates that: “To succeed in our volatile, complex, ambiguous world, we have no choice but to master our ability to…

Originally posted on Confessions of a Change Agent:
Yesterday I posted how to receive negative feedback without totally freaking out, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized how much I hate giving negative feedback, because, let’s…

Originally posted on .: Luis Gonçalves :.:
Hi guys, last week I wrote a post that was quite polemic and got a lot of attention. I wrote about an elimination of managers in our organisations performing an usual old management style.…

Leadership Freak Stop focusing on results. I just listened to one of the most highly regarded football coaches in the United States say, “Don’t worry about winning.” Freaky! Here’s the message I took: Forget about long-term goals. Concentrate on meaningful, … Continue reading →

Leadership Freak Leaders become manipulators when self-serving goals outweigh organizational interests. Self-serving goals require manipulation, coercion, deception, and pressure tactics. Shared goals, on the other hand, pull everyone forward. “There is perhaps nothing more dangerous than a bad person with … Continue reading →