What does it take to be a leader? Can one become a leader? Is it a skill or a talent? Can one learn leadership? A lot has been said and written on the subject. Many believe it’s something that only a few can perfect. In reality being a great leader […] Read more »
List of Books I found useful and applicable
People often ask me for a recommendation of good books on leadership, communications, etc. While there are many excellent books that one finds all the time, here is the list of few that I found the most useful and most applicable. Feel free to share with your friends. How to […] Read more »
Jury panel as a well organized scrum team
Two weeks ago I had to fulfill my civic duty and serve on a jury. It was a civil case, not interesting, and as boring as a case might be. One thing, however, did occur to me. The jury trial process is a perfectly organized and well run scrum team. […] Read more »
Good employees make mistakes – Good Leaders allow it
I remember being a new manager and strongly believing that my job was to prevent my employees from making mistakes. After all I was the more experienced one and if I allowed them to fail what value did I bring to the company. Luckily this was a long time ago […] Read more »
Role of a manager in an agile or scrum environment
You are a team manager and your organization just decided to switch to scrum or any other agile methodology. You hear words agile and thinking to yourself – what am I going to do? What is my role as a manager in this new agile world. I no longer need […] Read more »