On sale now, the recording of my webinar from last week: What did you say?! A new way to look at feedback. Enjoy!
How to get rid of piles of paperwork
If you have a pile of paperwork that you think is valuable but you can’t quite fathom going through at this time, file it away in a manner that at least groups it based on what it’s about. Then wait a few months. Believe me if you don’t find a need for it in 3 months, 6 months or a…
Routinized retrospectives are worthless
There’s immense value in reflecting upon past work and finding ways to grow. However, when you build in a permanent, recurring checkpoint where reflection is mandated you won’t get much out of the process. Perhaps when you’re first building the habit of using a retrospective to improve, you want to pencil it in on a certain basis, at least to…
Moving beyond Agile and Waterfall… Lean, etc
In response to a post Why Agile isn’t the answer., I received a reply that contained: “We need a better name than specification for the what.” I’m not about to suggest that the person replying was asking that we create yet another blanket term like Agile, but I nonetheless responded that we don’t need a better name. The reason we…
The halo effect distorts feedback
Is your feedback actually helpful? Join me for a webinar including a surprising look at the origin of feedback and how to be certain you’re helping others. Thursday, November 12th at 10 AM Eastern Webinar details and signup are available here.
How not to be overwhelmed with learning
Even with the internet at your fingertips, there’s no reason to be overwhelmed with learning. You’ll only be overwhelmed, with the endless opportunities to learn, if you don’t know what you want to–or can–become. And, there’s nothing wrong with not knowing what you want to become, and the subsequent exploratory learning. So long as you know you don’t know and…
Be careful with negative feedback too
Here’s the link to the preceding video Positive feedback isn’t always helpful
Is your feedback actually helpful? Join me for a webinar including a surprising look at the origin of feedback and how to be certain you’re helping others. Thursday, November 12th at 10 AM Eastern Webinar details and signup are available here.
Positive feedback isn’t always helpful
Is your feedback actually helpful? Join me for a webinar including a surprising look at the origin of feedback and how to be certain you’re helping others. Thursday, November 12th at 10 AM Eastern Webinar details and signup are available here.
Tell people when they’re overdoing it.
Is your feedback actually helpful? Join me for a webinar including a surprising look at the origin of feedback and how to be certain you’re helping others. Thursday, November 12th at 10 AM Eastern Webinar details and signup are available here.
The one thing you need to do to give better feedback
If you’re interested in leveraging feedback to build people up, you can learn more by joining me on Thursday, November 12th at 10 AM Eastern for a webinar on “A new way to look at feedback.” Webinar details and signup are available here.