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Category: Leadership

Blogs on leadership and management

A Personal Retrospective

Posted January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

This year was like living through a 500-year storm.   COVID has infected 1 in 20 Americans, and 1 in 1,000 have died of the disease.  […]

Work = Life Priorities

Posted November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership

Balancing our work and home lives is a challenge that nearly everyone faces.  I was a single parent for many years and managed large teams and […]

Business Agility: Getting Started

Posted November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Leadership

Agile is now part of the general business lexicon.  On the news, non-technology leaders keep mentioning the need to be “agile” or “pivot.”  Even leaders […]

Advanced Stakeholder Modeling

Posted October 3, 2020November 23, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief They may call you doctor, or they may call you chief, But you have to serve somebody… […]

Considering How We Think

Posted August 31, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Blog Categories, Leadership, Project Management

We are living in interesting times. All countries are struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic.  Societies are challenging their histories of racial and social injustice.  […]

Making Complex Decision

Posted July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

“…when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.”  Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow In the midst […]

Feedback: The Right Way

Posted May 31, 2020June 10, 2020 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Feedback is a critical and valuable management tool.  For managers, it is the engine of continuous improvement.   For employees, it is the gift of valuable […]

Be Productive by Focusing on Value

Posted April 29, 2020April 30, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Productivity is defined as our ability to create value.  Traditionally manufacturers and farmers became more productive by adding resources—people and machines—to the process.  Knowledge workers […]

Leadership in the Time of Coronavirus

Posted March 25, 2020March 27, 2020 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Leadership

The coronavirus pandemic is the most frightening, disruptive, and widespread crisis of our lifetime.  As managers and leaders, none of us have faced challenges of […]

Engage Your Stakeholders

Posted December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Alan Zucker2 CommentsPosted in Leadership, Project Management

Managers and project managers are often told that “engaging stakeholders” is critical to success.  However, they rarely receive guidance on what it means or how […]

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