We were just coming back from lunch, taking our seats in the circle once again. The leadership seminar that we were all attending was about to resume. As we assembled, we were chatting among ourselves (as you do). The topic of delegation came up. “Delegation is overrated,” I said, shaking my head. The faces around […]
leadership
When a Team Does Not Want to Do the Work that Needs to Be Done
Continuing on the theme of motivation… Sometimes the work that most needs to be done is not the work a team wants to do. Let’s eavesdrop on a conversation between two leaders in an organization that ships enterprise software for an example of one such situation: “Have you seen the number of support cases coming […]
Momentum > Urgency
Let’s talk about motivation. More specifically let’s talk about what leadership can do to help motivate a team. Once upon a time, a director of product management and I were butting heads. Let’s call him J (not his real name, or even his real initial). J was unhappy with the pace at which the developers […]