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The role of emotions in performance feedback discussions
Lately I have been reading quite a few blogs on the topic of performance feedback and how to try to make feedback a more valuable process. Recently I came across Bob Marshall’s post: How to give Feedback I’ve already had great discussion with @adaptivecoach on the Core Protocols and their potential impact to the communication … Continue reading
Top 3 #teachers that shaped me #UofW #RiverEast @mbteachers
As my kids go back to school and I meet their great teachers, I thought about the three teachers that were a profound impact on my life. (both professionally and personally) I saw a video by Neil DeGrasse Tyson that mentioned that if you ask people how many teachers impacted their life, they would probably think of … Continue reading
Ceasar Salad and the danger of metrics…
I stopped in at a local grocery store on the weekend to pick up some Dijon mustard for my home-made Caesar Salad and I discovered what I thought was a prime example of bad management practices. Right behind the check out counter was a board that listed the company principles and one large chart for … Continue reading
Leadership and Kern Hill Furniture
Those of you familiar with Winnipeg would know of Kern Hill Furniture and Nick Hill’s “C’mon down” catch phrase. Sadly Nick Hill is no longer with us, but his son Andy is carrying on the tradition. Nick Hill was a man larger than life and anybody that met him remembered the meeting. I was lucky … Continue reading
#Agile Project Charter
With the current project I am working on we discussed how we can make the Project Charter or Project Kick-off activities much more Agile. We are proposing to use new Agile methods and want to enhance our communication and allow team members to easily understand what they would be doing on the project. On other … Continue reading
#Leadership by not swearing
Leadership. It is one of those terms that there are a million different interpretations for. Similar to quality. For me, Leadership has always come down to five main abilities. Rather than me describe them, here are five quotes that I feel capture the essence of the five abilities. 1) Ability to Inspire “If your actions … Continue reading
Employee Engagement
I recently read a report that talked about Employee Engagement. It provided a standard definition of Employee Engagement that I thought was very good. “Employee Engagement involves a workplace in which workers: Feel personally and emotionally bound to the organization Feel pride in recommending it as a good place to work to other people Get … Continue reading
#Strategy Innovation Games
I don’t know when I have been more excited to be facilitating two sessions in one week. The reason is that both sessions are using types of Innovation Games. Now both sessions are using some unique customizations of Innovation Games and I am very interested in seeing the results. The meetings are drastically different. One … Continue reading
#Agile Games in Killarney
I was watching my son and daughter and their cousins playing games on the weekend and it struck me on how children really operate in an Agile way. The kids were playing monopoly and it was fascinating how they used the general rules and then customized the rules if they could get an agreement from … Continue reading
Top 3 Agile Team Books and the number one book on Quality
I often see list of the top Agile books for user stories, estimating, testing, and various aspects of planning, but I rarely see a list of good books on various aspects of Agile team building or what I term Agile Project Management. I have found three recent books that have been very inspiring and educational … Continue reading
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