It’s the first measure of a manager: who they hire.
If you’re hiring by the shelf-foot, it doesn’t really matter who you bring on board. For everyone else, building the team is...
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As a product guy, as a technologist, a project manager, an accountant, a lawyer … as any kind of functional specialist … it’s tempting to think that it’s the work that...
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The thing about committing to changing relationships so friends can work as colleagues, it’s a for-better-or-worse kind of deal.
The better part: when the team sees the change, things start running on...
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Hard as they are, the tough parts of changing relationships isn’t recognising the issue or even coming up with a solution.
We know we have to change, we know what to change,...
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Changing relationships inside the team is one part logical and three parts emotional.
First the easy bit: name the problem.
Offsite, one-to-one, non-confrontationally, open the conversation. We’re off track, there’s an imbalance that...
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