The hardest question you will be asked and there are so many ways to get there; Have a workshop – list everything out. Break into groups and build a focus around a problem. Ask each person what their Top 5 issues are, come back together, and go through them. Appoint someone to lead, give them your trust, and let them loose. Ask everyone to write a paper, and review the papers. Get anonymous suggestions from…
Start at the simplest of building blocks. Ignore the symptoms, find the cause, and find the root cause. Being there. It won’t be the popular choice, it will be the needed choice. It’s not the easiest one to make, but it is the one that everyone needs.
I guarantee you will never go wrong if you lead with your team first. There might be struggles. There might be ups and downs. There might be days you shake your head and wonder why you are doing it. But you will never regret it. Ever.
If everything, everywhere, and everyone is constantly changing. Then you never know how you are doing because you have nothing to measure against the rate you change. When something is wrong, change one thing, measure it, and move forward. Change one thing, measure it, and move forward. Change one thing, measure it, and move forward. Change one thing, measure it, and move forward. This is how you determine whether your changes are having an impact…
When starting a new job you want to be able to ask the question “Where does this go?” and be able to get back a clear, clean, and descript answer. You don’t want pontifications, talks about technology, or platform idioms that talk about where something goes but doesn’t go. Taken in a different vein, imagine you are helping someone move into their brand new house and you’re standing in the front foyer holding a box.…