agile
It sometimes feels like you need lots of words/pages/slides to look/sound credible, but great communicators go through the hard work of refining their idea/message/recommendation down to a crisp, easy-to-digest message. "I didn’t have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote
leadership
In computer science, the concept of a computer's processor switching from one system to another is referred to as context switching, where the computer switches from updating your gmail browser page over to your Microsoft Word application, etc. Computers are very good at this, but people are horrible
agile
So many leaders or teams quickly move too quickly (or skip entirely) the early parts of a new project/initiative, failing to invest real time in wrestling with questions like: * Should we do this project? (This question is skipped way too often -- think about investing in exercises like a
miscellaneous
Many of us are overwhelmed these days with way too much to do and nowhere near enough hours in the day to keep up with the to do list. * Dwight Eisenhower A few thoughts/resources in that vein: * Write Down your Ideas/To do's/Responsibilities * David Allen'
books
When I've chatted with people in the past about how to plan/manage their careers, I would often to refer to the book What Color is Your Parachute as my go-to recommendation, as it's packed with great resources (a great friend of mine referred me to
leadership
A mentor, and family friend, of mine made a great point to me years ago. He explained that people are valued (e.g. job security) and compensated based on the value that they offer their organization (that part should be obvious), and a common way to increase the value you
lessons-learned
Some (unsolicited) advice if you're looking to pick a real estate agent: * Don't pick the first real estate agent you hear about, meet, or get referred to! It's an important decision for a huge financial transaction, so it's well worth your time
CIO
The Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) was released today (Version 1.0), and is available on DoD's OSD website here. This is a cyber security standard, with 5 maturity levels, created in partnership between the SEI Institute and the DoD. The DoD has announced that
leadership
Many people have written great blog posts (see Seth Godin's blog) and books (see Michael Hyatt's No Fail Meetings) on the topic of planning and running meetings well. Here's a few tips on things you, as a meeting leader, should ensure: * Before the Meeting
leadership
Trillion Dollar Coach is a great read (or listen if you're an audiobook fan like me) about Bill Campbell, a football coach who pivoted mid-career into a business executive in Silicon Valley, as an executive at Apple, a CEO of Intuit, and an executive coach to Steve Jobs
leadership
It's easy for leaders, especially ones early in their careers as leaders, to struggle to see the bigger picture (instead being focused on managing/coordinating/triaging the day-to-day operations of a team/department/division (losing the forest for the trees). When that happens, inexperienced leaders may respond to
leadership
If you're a leader, being able to effectively lead the tough, important, critical, crucial, game-changing conversations is a huge piece of being able to succeed. It's certainly worth reading great resources in this area like Patterson's Crucial Conversations. When you need to have a