December 16, 2024
You don’t just start trusting each other. It’s not something that happens on the first, second, thirtieth, or seven thousandth day. It just happens. It happens when the team has put in the daily bits to make it happen. It happens when the team has put in the effort to get there. It happens when the team has committed to the result, irrespective of the costs. Don’t force it, guide it, support it, then it will happen.
December 15, 2024
You will lose a team member. You can’t always plan for it, but it will happen. It will not be of your own choosing. But it will happen. And when it does… I wish them well, success, the best of luck, and support, for they will need it. Starting over, at a new place, a new job, a new team is never easy. It wasn’t meant to be, but they are taking a step forward in their development, their career, their growth. Be there for them, just as you would want someone there for you.
November 29, 2024
Everyone brings the same thing to their teams. Skills, Attitude, and Effort. Skills – whatever your job is. Attitude – how you treat people and act when things go wrong. Effort – how much you put into the team. The best teams I have worked with excelled in attitude, energy, and skill. It doesn’t mean there is a great disparity between all three, what it does mean is that the group knows where their focus needs to be – how they treat and work with each other, how they operate (always complaining vs trying to work through problems) and what
November 27, 2024
Support Systems are what keep us going. They can be a network of friends or former work colleagues that we have previously worked with. Your Support System doesn’t need to be large, in fact, it shouldn’t be, otherwise, they will never be there to support you. Keep it small, keep it tight – you only need a handful of people to remind you that you’re on the right path or be honest with you that you’re missing the mark. Support Systems tell you the truth because they are based on trust – you value their words, because you trust them.
November 14, 2024
When I started with a team that did Agile and I didn’t, I learned Agile. When I started with a team that used TypeScript and I didn’t, I learned TypeScript. This doesn’t mean I didn’t throw in my own suggestions or bowed down to what was there but it did mean I learned the systems that were in place that had made that team successful. Along the way, I made suggestions for them and us to improve as a whole. Coming into an existing team, there is a dynamic, a flow, that has already been established, unless you’re there to
