Create a Learning Environment: Profit from Your Mistakes
“All good lessons come at a cost. Try to learn them inexpensively.” Howard Zucker When I made a mistake as a child, my father would remind me that all lessons […]
Tag: Organization
Forming a Team? Plan for Success
Remember the last time you joined a new team or organization. What was it like? Was it awkward? Did you make decisions easily? Were expectations clear? Did the team gel […]
Leading Organizational Change
I spent most of my career in management, leading teams in fast-paced, ever-changing companies. I have a lot of experience with organizational change. I led teams through reorganizations. I have […]
Project Management: Centralized vs. Decentralized Delivery
There is an ongoing dialogue in many enterprises: Should project management be a centralized, shared-service? Or, should project managers be decentralized and embedded within their functional organizations? The answer is, […]
The Project Manager and the Scrum Master Should be Friends
There is a debate in the Agile community regarding the role of the project manager and the scrum master. These discussions remind me of a song from the musical, Oklahoma. […]
Agile Transformation—It’s About the People
The Agile Manifesto declared independence from constraining, process-centric software development methodologies. The Manifesto advocated for a product-focused, team-centric approach. As Agile has moved mainstream, it has spawned its own industry […]
Deconstructing the PMO to Save the Brand
What do the following have in common? Best Practices, Business Process Re-engineering, Matrix Management, and Management by Objective According to Inc.Com, these are five of the 10 worst management fads. […]
Organizational Structures, Modes of Power, and The Prisoners’ Dilemma
Say you are assigned to a new project. What process do you follow to determine your approach to engaging the team? Do you analyze the project’s organizational structure? How do […]