Continuing with the same topic that I started last time, let’s consider another scenario: This time, the CEO was very enthusiastic in the beginning when I told him what an agile organization meant. He liked what I told him, and…
Category: Management
Pride and ego, a sure recipe to block improvement
Let's consider a scenario: This one company hired me as head of program management to roll out agile. When I tried to set up cross-functional teams for better delivery, my boss, the Chief Product Officer (CPO), told me that my…
How do I know they are working hard? (Part 1)
Leadership Memo 2020-3 “The art of leadership consists in bringing and keeping people in the highest performance levels, and this happens when people are in the best state of personal well-being.” - Daniel Goleman I think we can all agree…
Do you dare to overhaul performance management?
“Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” - Albert Einstein In the past couple months, I’ve been writing and talking about performance management and reward & recognition. We even explore whether we…
Hiring Reimagined
Leadership Memo 2020-2 Being a manager is hard. You are no longer working in the domain you are an expert in. There are additional responsibilities that you need to do. Most likely, you don’t like those responsibilities. Being a good…
Ready to go back to the office, anyone?
Leadership Memo 2020-1 We have all been working remotely for the past few months, and you may think you got the hang of remote working. You figure out what meetings to call, what doesn’t need a meeting, you learn how…