This post is intended for new managers, or someone who is facing an upcoming major presentation in a corporate environment. Ever been faced with a situation where you have a big presentation or demonstration to your boss or someone even higher in your organization? Here’s a tip: when you are going through your preparations, make [...]
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Don’t Tell Your Boss Everything!
Posted in Management and Leadership Topics, tagged boss, leadership, presentation on March 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What Does a Metronome Have To Do With Management?
Posted in Management and Leadership Topics, tagged 2011, communication, goals, leadership, management, rhythm, team, theme on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I received the results of the employee opinion survey. It’s hard to stomach reading about your failings as a leader, but if one can manage to set the ego aside, it can prove to be quite useful to find some improvement opportunities. The answer isn’t always what is obvious, but [...]
Have We Inspired A Future Engineer?
Posted in Education, Lego League, Management and Leadership Topics, Volunteer, tagged education, family, leadership, lego league, personal on January 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I had the privilege of hosting the Shannon Park Lego League Showcase at Rosemount Middle School. The event was rescheduled from last December, due to a snowstorm. I am glad we had the opportunity to have the event, even with the long delay. Our attendance was down a little bit, but for those who [...]
Delegate The Important Stuff, Too!
Posted in Management and Leadership Topics, tagged delegation, leadership, management, results, trust on January 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This past week at work we hosted our division Vice President in our laboratory. It was a presentation that was a couple of weeks in the making, and if you read my previous post you know I have been dealing with Bell’s Palsy. When I got back from my holiday break, we were just less [...]
Some New (or Old) Advice
Posted in Management and Leadership Topics, tagged career, focus, growth, leadership, personal, success, vision on November 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week, I had the privilege of attending a conference at which Ted Turner (yes, THE Ted Turner) did a keynote session, which was conducted in an interview format. The moderator asked a series of questions and Mr. Turner provided his insights on a variety of topics that were relevant to the conference. Without going [...]
Blog Post Review – Agile Requirements: Not an Oxymoron
Posted in Agile, Management and Leadership Topics, tagged Agile, business analysis, requirements, software quality on June 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was reading an interesting blog post about requirements within Agile processes. It’s a topic I have been discussing with my team as we struggle to find the appropriate balance of process and agility. The big “a ha” for me was the concept of “done” requirements. The author has written about this in a book, [...]
