Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The real question is: are you willing to invest the effort and make the sacrifices necessary to take on the responsibility of a leadership position? The authors propose three questions you should ask to assess your own leadership potential: How far do you want to go? What do you enjoy now but would have to give up?

Leadership 79

Leadership Journal Product Management Energy 79

CloudSphere

MAY 26, 2023

How to Create a Thriving Culture with Your Remote Tech Team By Staff Writer , Marketing Team, CloudSphere Building a successful culture in any workplace used to be fairly straightforward. This helps guide your team and sets the tone for the company as a whole. Strong leadership is also crucial.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Culture How To Virtualization 52

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

Weak Development Team 167

Weak Development Team Leadership Strategy Coaching 167

Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

As product leaders we need to plan and then move forward with focus and energy. Filed under: Leadership , Knowledge , Learning , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | learn , opportunity , value , Mark Sanborn , design « Five championship strategies Book Review: Here Comes Everybody » Like Be the first to like this post.

Product Management 95

Product Management Leadership Exercises Marketing 95

Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 15, 2015

Our May Festival is all about energizing leadership. We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels. Wally Bock of Three-Star Leadership tells us time off is good for you and your team. Set the example, by taking breaks, building downtime into your schedule, and taking time off regularly.

Leadership 193

Leadership Energy Authentication Innovation 193

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 29, 2010

Focus your mental energy on achieving success and you will see ‘lucky breaks’ come your way consistently. Success doesn’t just happen because someone’s stars line up. Success, both in business and personally, is something that’s consciously created. Success is created through conscious choice.

Product Management 56

Product Management Leadership Energy Marketing 56

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Potential Solutions: Service or Servant Leadership. Leadership Focuses on Strategy and Creating an Effective Work Environment. Disengaged people will still do their jobs, but generally aren’t putting much energy into product or process improvement, and they’re certainly not willing to experiment and fail. Sprint as a Black Box.

SCRUM 65

SCRUM Weak Development Team Agile Systems Review 65

Strategic Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

When there is an incentives mismatch, a lot of energy can be expended. I’ve seen this problem a lot when organizations try to bolt on digital transformation with a digital team. The more I observe organizations, the more I see this pattern of people fighting the symptoms and getting frustrated that things aren’t improving or changing.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Software Review Systems Review Metrics 59

Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 26, 2010

He groups these as ‘private traits’ of leadership. He dubs these ‘public traits’ of leadership. However, Mr. Stoddard’s experience and frequent metaphors and parables provide readers with much to learn about improving their leadership skills.

Product Management 57

Product Management Leadership Culture Team Building 57

QAspire

AUGUST 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Pursuit of Getting It “First Time Right” (FTR) Building quality involves cost. You spend efforts and energy on preventing the errors (prevention cost) and then checking your work (appraisal cost). I do not undermine the need to make mistakes and learn from them.

Software Review 55

Software Review Quality Assurance SDLC Leadership 55

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 11, 2010

My excuse (and I’ve heard this from many product managers) is that I’ve been heads down on an intense product release and it’s sucking all my time and energy. I started this blog (in 2007) to promote leadership principles in product management. While that is true, it’s no excuse.

Product Management 56

Product Management Leadership Marketing Energy 56

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products. Filed under: Integrity , Leadership , Purpose , Team Building , Trust Tagged: | Albert J.

Weak Development Team 56

Weak Development Team Product Management Leadership Pharmaceuticals 56

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2009

His purpose: “Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around.&# They want to engage, to interact and to get you more involved.&# -Seth Godin “Leadership is more than influence. Read Seth’s post about the ebook here.

eBook 53

eBook Product Management Leadership Energy 53

Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

It’s the energy that drives you throughout the day. Filed under: Leadership Tagged: | champions , feedback , listening , process , success « Book Review: Here Comes Everybody Commitment » Like Be the first to like this post. Breakfast: Some say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day; I agree.

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Product Management Leadership Systems Review 58

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 6, 2009

Filed under: Innovation , Leadership , Purpose Tagged: | action , choice , focus , Great work , inspire , Michael Bungay Stanier , responsibility « Values or valuables? Doing it once is one time too many. Good work: The familiar, useful, productive work you do and do well. It’s much appreciated.

Weak Development Team 40

Weak Development Team Product Management Leadership Energy 40

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This great book will tell you how.&# – Mark Victor Hansen “Lack of trust within an organization saps its energy, fosters a climate of suspicion and second-guessing, completely devastates teamwork and replaces it with internal politics. They also need to trust that the team members will do what they have committed to do.

Leadership 61

Leadership Product Management Marketing Energy 61

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Know where to apply your energies and you’ll be working faster and more efficiently. Filed under: Leadership Tagged: | competition , goals , John Durfee , success « Three practices of successful product managers Leadership and Product Management » Like Be the first to like this post.

Product Management 60

Product Management Leadership Marketing Resources 60

QAspire

JUNE 10, 2013

Chip and Marshall] The same way any leadership or coaching activity occurs…it comes down to priority. In a balanced learning partnership, energy is given early in the relationship to role clarity and communication of expectations; there is a spirit of generosity and acceptance rather than a focus on rules and rights. They mentor!

Energy 77

Energy Team Building Innovation Fashion 77

Gitprime

MAY 23, 2019

GitPrime elevates engineering leadership with objective data. In this interview series, engineering leaders talk about building healthy and high-performing teams. By the end of Day One, the team is then able to focus on what they are going to spend their time on for the rest of the week. DAY 4: THE ONE-DAY PROTOTYPE.

Testing 101

Testing Groups Engineering Organization 101

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 15, 2014

I must confess I am not a great fan of the popular focus on long lists of leadership competencies and their use in everything from leadership training to executive recruiting. Building a Successful Team. Building Customer Loyalty. Building Partnerships. Building Trust. Contributing to Team Success.

Leadership 160

Leadership Weak Development Team Technical Review Recruiting 160