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I took part in a very interesting discussion today. We were talking about criteria we should use to appraise leaders and managers in the organization. The most surprising part, at least for me, was discussion about notion of line manager among disputants. It came out that we considered average functional manager as anything between pure-manager […]
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Recent NPR story about (lack of) value in performance reviews caused a stir. Esther Derby reminded her long-time hate relationship with performance appraisals pointing that not only employees but also a lot of managers hate them. What more reviews are tied to merit pay which is also evil. Well, I think it is oversimplification. We […]
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We have limits on our Kanban board. This isn’t really a news. Sometimes we abuse them. Since Kanban doesn’t force you to stick to the limits always-and-by-all-means it shouldn’t surprise you much either. However the interesting thing is when, why, how and how often we do it. I think I should start with stating that […]
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I have a news for you: IT industry is dominated by men. – Pawel, why don’t you tell us something we don’t know? There should be more women in the industry. Which part of “something we don’t know” you haven’t understood? Fine, you get the message. I just wonder why you don’t hire more women. […]
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A question about starting career in project management is heard pretty often. A question about value of different project management certifications usually follows. There is a bunch of standard answers for these questions. Apply for junior role in project management. Attend a course. Help your PM in her job. Get a certificate (this or another). […]
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I like presenting. I just love the fact that every time I deliver the presentation I find something new in there. It’s like having tiny epiphanies while you’re talking to a crowd. And I’m sure I wouldn’t have them if I didn’t overcome my fears and didn’t start speaking publicly. A thing which hit me […]
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I remember one of first post ideas for this blog back then, 4 years ago. It was about choosing people to promote them to management roles. I’ve never published the post and I’m glad about that. A few years ago I didn’t know about hiring and promoting managers more than typical decision maker in IT […]
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Organizational changes are hard. The bigger the company is the stronger it defends its status quo. Humans wearing their employee hats aren’t so much different from those wearing their user hats – they like what they know, thus they don’t like changes. But there’s often someone who isn’t happy with current state. So you are […]
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I often hear this excuse: “I don’t have power to change this.” Hell, I use it by myself way too often. It is a convenient excuse. Since you aren’t in position to do something the easy way you take a step back and do nothing. And this is wrong. Let’s take a typical situation: your […]
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I am a chatty guy. Catch me while I’m not overworked and I will gladly jump into discussion. If you happen to be my colleague, it may be a discussion about our company. That’s perfectly fine for me. I believe in transparency so I won’t keep all information as they were top secret. This means […]
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