Getting stronger

April 21, 2021

Question of the day: is the team getting stronger? Every team has its struggles, every team has good days and bad, every team has a member here or a member there who’s... READ MORE

Maintain context

April 4, 2021

Here’s my guess: you have a fair to middling idea in your head, given enough time and a receptive audience you can describe it at a mostly useful level... READ MORE

Just so

April 3, 2021

It might feel like your job is to get everyone working just so. That the measure of your success is that they do exactly what you want in exactly the way... READ MORE

Support and understanding

March 25, 2021

Your best people are the one you want to model, the ones you think of and hear about on good days, the ones to bring their energy and creativity to the... READ MORE

Crank the handle

March 23, 2021

You need people on your team who are interested in what they do. If you’re hiring to fill a quota or by the shelf foot, and all you need are warm bodies... READ MORE