In my last post of 2020, I talked about “How do you know they are resistant?”. The “they” are senior and executive management. Now that we know how to tell that they are resistant to change, do you want to…
Category: Remote Leadership
Do you know the difference between leadership and management?
Leadership Memo 2021-2 Last month, I asked, “How do you know you’re a leader?” and I recommended a list of essentials that agile leaders do. This time, I want to get down to the basics. What is the difference between…
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How do you know you are a leader?
Leadership Memo 2021-1 Happy New Year! As we start the first week of the new year, new hope and excitement bubbles. However, we’re not that quick to forget the volatility, uncertainties, complexities and ambiguities (VUCA) that we all experienced in…
How is remote leaders different from in-person leaders?
Did you notice that a lot of transformation is being pushed? It doesn’t matter whether it is an agile transformation, a digital transformation, or whatever transformation. When you push something, instead of people wanting it themselves, it creates an environment…
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Do you know that remote working requires different skills?
"Great remote leaders create simple processes that can manage the work asynchronously instead of having online meetings all the time." - Liam Martin After working remotely for almost a year, I still find people trying to transfer what they do…
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Give thanks and appreciation with a grateful heart
Leadership Memo 2020-5 Happy Thanksgiving from the US! I am thankful for the opportunities that this unprecedented time gives me. I’ve met many people around the world during the last 8 months and made a lot of new friends. I’ve…
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How do I know they are working hard? (Part 2)
Leadership Memo 2020-4 Last time, we were addressing this question: “How do I know that my employees are working instead of slacking off, watching Netflix all day?” We talked about trust being the most important. Trust the people who work…
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…
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…