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Learning while busy
One of the classic topics I hear from people in 1:1s or in coaching sessions is the complaint that they have no space and time to learn new things. Here are a couple thoughts on...
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The „We’re doing it in an agile way“ fallacy
Originally posted on LinkedIn in 2019 Please stop saying “We’re doing it in an agile way” when you didn’t prepare a meeting constantly force people to stop working immediately so they can do spontaneous tasks...
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How to deal with boring tasks
Over the years I’ve had some conversations with people in my teams about them feeling bored with their tasks. In my early days as a manager my natural reaction was something along the lines of...
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People Management
XLS Management vs. People Management
As a manager, how do you make decisions? Do you mainly base them on spreadsheets and then just pick the lowest or highest value, e.g. the cheapest product or the highest profit opportunity? Well, tough Read more
Soft Skills
The REAL reason why developers need Soft Skills
Developers like to code.All day, sometimes all night, too. Developers like playing around with things.New frameworks, yeah. New tools, whoopie.We like to see a one-liner have big effects, or a small piece of configuration dramatically Read more
Soft Skills
You screwed up. Now what? 8 things professionals should do next
We’ve all been there:We missed a deadline.We promised something but didn’t keep the promise.We let a bug go to production. Sometimes the effects are just annoying, sometimes they may have a big impact for other Read more