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4 Common But Insidious Patterns That Derail Software Projects
With experience, you can recognize the less obvious patterns which lead to costly disasters.
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6 Ways that Good People Build Trust, and Become Leaders That Others Follow
What type of leader do you want to be? One core identifying feature of admired leaders is how many people follow them to their next role. And trust is…
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Good Employees Follow the Rules. Great Employees Break Them.
Because the rules are meant for those who aren't as smart and brave as you. Seriously.
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Why You Can't Teach Leadership — Experience vs. Instruction
I'm slightly exaggerating, as I do think there are some very specific things we can teach. But the majority of the leadership job is gained through the…
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Senior Engineer or Senior Citizen? How Can Vintage Tech Workers Age Like Fine Wine?
Experience in some careers is viewed as universally positive, but that's not necessarily the case in tech. Why is that, and what can you do about it?
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You Should Be a Product Owner — Plus a Story of Dave Being a Jerk
Stepping outside your job role is a critical behavior for senior leaders. But everyone should consider their job as their area of specialty, not their…
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6 Behaviors of Lazy People That Create Career Success
Not all lazy behaviors are valuable, and setting the right (productive) tone with your co-workers is important. But certain lazy traits are valuable…
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Are you Leading or Winning? You Can't Win a Promotion.
Focusing on leading, rather than winning, creates significantly better results for you and your team.
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Why Senior Employees Need to Audit and Verify Things for Themselves — It's Not (Only) That We Don't Trust You
As a junior employee, you learn everything firsthand. As you grow in seniority, you begin to learn things second and thirdhand. How do you audit to…
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Burnout and Layoffs — Approaches to Managing Overwork and Limited Resources
Layoffs have left many teams underresourced. The inevitable result is employees feeling stressed, and working long hours. Here are some approaches to…
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Motivation — The Secrets Behind How to Create Drive in Yourself and Others
A walk through of the major components of motivation (autonomy, mastery, purpose), and the tools you can use to build an energizing workplace.
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A Detailed Account of a Failed Principal Promotion
Not everything we do will be successful. We learn a ton from failure. Unfortunately for managers, our failures sometimes impact our teams as well.
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