An important part of any (people) manager's work is to evaluate how things are going for your team members, the people under your responsibility. When managing distributed or remote teams, the one on ones (1:1) become even more relevant than in collocated environments. In extreme cases, they represent the only opportunity a manager to have … Continue reading Working in distributed / remote environments 4: one on ones (1:1s)
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Dear software manager, working in the open for the very first time? Face the challenges (II)
This post is the continuation of the previous one, titled Dear software manager, working in the open for the very first time? Face the challenges (I) Focus shift I understand the transition that a front line manager needs to go through when moving to work in the open as a personal journey, mostly because the … Continue reading Dear software manager, working in the open for the very first time? Face the challenges (II)
Dear software manager, working in the open for the very first time? Challenges (I)
Warning: these two posts are a "Lessons Learnt" kind of post, so there is a grandpa kind of smell on it that I am not sure I am comfortable with so there is very little science. I've got lately a few questions from managers about different aspects involved in the transition to working in the … Continue reading Dear software manager, working in the open for the very first time? Challenges (I)
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