Thinking back over your career, which of your manager(s) do you remember as being particularly awesome in their role? Why? Feel free to tag them here and share your experiences (and accolades). Let’s all learn from their examples and celebrate their successes. Read more here: “10 Signs Your Boss is a Great Manager,” https://lnkd.in/gpMFEsXM
Powerful Questions for Leaders, No. 4
Who do you serve? Read more here: “What is Servant Leadership?,” https://www.greenleaf.org/what-is-servant-leadership/
Powerful Questions for Leaders, no. 3
What will people say about you after you leave? Read more here: “How To Define Your Leadership Legacy,” https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/10/28/how-to-define-your-leadership-legacy/?sh=7a3091d04be4
Powerful Questions for Leaders, No. 1
What will you do this week to show your employees you care about them? Read more here: “Three Ways Great Leaders Show They Care About Their Team’ “https://www.forbes.com/sites/dedehenley/2018/07/20/three-ways-great-leaders-show-they-care-about-their-team/?sh=116839d446e5
Notable Quotes: I Asked How Do You Define Agile
Thanks for reaching out with this inspiring question, Thomas Cagley. “Nicole Derr, Agile Coach … , sums the people forward definitions of agile as: ‘Harnessing the power of true teams and the ingenuity of the people closest to the problems to delight customers and improve business outcomes.’ Read more here: https://tcagley.wordpress.com/2021/10/16/i-asked-how-do-you-define-agile/
Notable Quotes: Is Leadership A Challenge For You? You Can Crack The Code
“[People] want leaders who … connect with empathy, who communicate with authenticity, and who collaborate with openness. Becoming this kind of leader requires deliberate choices and habits.” Read more here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rodgerdeanduncan/2020/09/29/is-leadership-a-challenge-for-you-you-can-crack-the-code/?sh=3999e2e053dc
Notable Quotes: The Cubicle You Call Hell Was Designed to Set You Free
“It turned out that companies had no interest in creating autonomous environments for their “human performers.” Instead, they wanted to stuff as many people in as small a space for as cheaply as possible as quickly as possible.” Read more here: https://www.wired.com/2014/04/how-offices-accidentally-became-hellish-cubicle-farms/
Notable Quotes: Open Offices Are Not the Problem
“Open offices that provide people with no choice but to sit in a huge room with other noisy people who were all working on their own individual tasks suck. Not because of the space, but because the system and the space don’t match.” Read more here: https://ourfounder.medium.com/open-offices-are-not-the-problem-9bae94acbc6e
Notable Quotes: Is IT a Profession in Trouble? Why IT Professionals Feel Left Out.
” Your [IT] team probably feels behind: they likely need more attention on their professional growth, more flexibility in their work and job environment, and more information about how their work directly contributes to the bottom line.” Read more here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/profession-trouble-why-professionals-feel-left-out-josh-bersin/
Notable Quotes: How Agile and Zara Are Transforming The US Fashion Industry
“Zara’s fast fashion business model exploits consumer and cultural changes, with dramatically improved financial results. The key is the familiar Agile technique of “postponement:” transforming a product into its final form at the latest possible moment.” Read more here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/03/13/how-agile-and-zara-are-transforming-the-us-fashion-industry/?sh=bd9dc747e82f
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