by Esther Derby | May 8, 2009 | Leadership & Management
Art Petty posted Why I Hate the Praise Sandwich.Praise sandwich, as you recall, involves buttering someone up with a compliment or praise, stating a criticism, and then fluffing them back up with another bit of praise.Sounds icky, too, doesn’t it?Art offers:5...
by Esther Derby | Apr 30, 2009 | Leadership & Management
I just heard that a group of people is working on a CMMi-like framework for Agile Product Management. And of course there’s the Agile Maturity Model. And various surveys to assess Agility.”Maturity” and “agility” are the wrong things to...
by Esther Derby | Mar 31, 2009 | Leadership & Management
In these unsettled times, you can spend time worrying about things you can’t control, or you can take action on things that are within your control. Here are 10 things you can do as a developer to make yourself more visibly valuable, which may keep you off the...
by Esther Derby | Mar 11, 2009 | Leadership & Management, Organizational Change
I hear people talk about getting executive support for Agile adoptions (or other organizational changes). But I seldom hear people talk about what that support looks like. It’s more than money and speeches. Want to know how to really help your organization...
by Esther Derby | Mar 4, 2009 | Leadership & Management
Seth Godin blogs about Three Kinds of Meetings:There are only three kinds of classic meetings:Information. This is a meeting where attendees are informed about what is happening (with or without their blessing). While there may be a facade of conversation, it’s...
