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
A dedicated employee who will work harder, with a greater sense of urgency (and maybe some extra hours when needed) is great. But what's much more valuable than someone with that work ethic, is someone who can see when working harder isn't going to work, and
lessons-learned
There should be a word for people who have the annoying tendency to point at problems and talk about them, instead of trying to actually improve the situation (or maybe there is, and I just don't know it). I don't know if you've been
miscellaneous
There's a fundamental pyschology concept called "Bystander Effect", where a group of people are less likely to help someone in need than when a single person is present. Everyone in the group thinks someone else will/should help the victim, instead of them. Think about this
miscellaneous
I recently enjoyed a podcast interview with Tom Cagley from the Software Process and Measurement Cast (SPaMCAST), talking about agile, process improvement, CMMI, and some of my (mis)adventures in scaling organizations. Check it out at https://tcagley.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/spamcast-455-michael-king-agile-and-discipline-in-action/
agile
Here's a list of books, podcasts, conferences, frameworks, methodologies, models, and other resources related to designing and building great organizations that I think are worth checking out. If you have any recommended additions, please email or send me a tweet. Books, Frameworks, and Standards Resource Key Takeaways Additional
agile
Early in my career, I was a leadership development conference (through Lockheed's great Engineering Leadership Development Program), where we played a game called Gold of the Desert Kings -- it was a group game, in a big event space ballroom packed with engineers from all over the country.
agile
I recently spoke at the 2017 Capability Counts conference, put on by the CMMI Institute. It's an interesting event that isn't focused just on CMMI maturity models -- instead it's a conference where a few hundred people get together to discuss process improvement, Agile,
productivity
This morning I got to share IT infrastructure, business strategy, and business architecture tips and recommendations with some local current and future entrepreneurs at The Capitol Post in Old Town Alexandria. Capitol Post is a great organization focused on inspiring Veteran entrepreneurs to find professional clarity and scale those visions.
lessons-learned
As I've gotten older, I've realized how each person has different tendencies. Some of us are introverted. Some are analytical. In addition to personality axes like introverted vs. extroverted, thinking vs. feeling (see Myers-Briggs); people often have a tendency to either live in one of these
agile
I've started reading Brian Roberton's book Holacracy, which talks about an organizational management approach focused around self-organization and protected autonomy. It's an interesting attack on the base assumption that we should build companies in the traditional, top-down approach where a CEO directs leaders who
lessons-learned
I was chatting with some friends recently about making time to reflect on your life, and making time to really connect with close friends, digging into each other's lives. It stuck me that the concept of 'You need to work on your business, not just in your