Four Managerial Stereotypes from my experience
In my long career I have been fortunate to work for some great managers. In the 15 years of experience as a coach, I have interacted with managers who have been my coachees, as well as their (coachees’) managers. I have done some analysis of the working styles of all these managers and found that […]
Seven Tips for Managers in Agile Transformation
A critical aspect of Agile Transformation is that here we are not just adopting new practices or processes but we are approaching the software development in a totally new way which requires us to think and act differently. This change required in our behavior – the way we interact with each other, the things that […]
Succession Planning – some thoughts
Many times we have organizations going through crisis when a powerful leader steps aside, for whatever reason. The resulting situation could be one of many: Many in the second line of command clamor for the position and believe they are the most eligible replacement. No-one from the existing organization put their hands up. Corporation decides […]
The 2% Masala: When my manager worked for me
Most of us, in our lives we work under the guidance and direction of our manager. There’s of course a lot of talk of servant leadership and how managers become servants to the team. Sometimes it sounds like a good fairy tale story. At other times it’s demonstrated with some apparently visible (albeit trivial) stuff. […]
Coaching vs Command & Control style of Management
Leaders have only two jobs: 1) Getting work done 2) Growing the people Coaching as a leadership/management style achieves both. With Command & Control approach, managers may get the work done in the short term, by force. But that might have negative impacts on the team in terms of : – Lack of ownership – […]
