Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders create environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things.
I heard a story about a former Under Secretary of Defense who gave a speech at a large conference. He took his place on the stage and began talking, sharing his prepared remarks with the audience. He paused to take a sip of coffee from the Styrofoam cup he’d brought on stage with him. He took another sip, looked down at the cup and smiled.
“When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.” p.54 A colleague of mine suggested this book after I used the analogy of leading multiple battle-fronts. Upon doing so he recommended I read Extreme Ownership, which literally covers exactly that. This is a Read more…
Recently I was encouraged to read Primed to Perform by Neel Doshi, and Lindsay McGregor, and I could not have been more delighted. The style of writing fits precisely with my learning style of essentially teaching by example. The case studies and examples are compelling and the data yields tremendous value that I found to be directly and immediately applicable to my daily work life; and to a lesser extent also with how to help my kids be more successful too.
Something I heard in a meeting yesterday resonated with me on a core level; particularly given my head first dive into microservices, “the cloud” and everything in between.
We hear it every day, and generally from everyone; communication is key! It’s almost a cliche at this point yet it remains universal, especially in technology. The more complex your projects become the more important the communication within the team and across teams becomes. After all, we all hate repeating Read more…
By now surely most people have heard of or read Elon Musk’s internal memo to Tesla employees regarding discounts. I wanted to not only echo that here, but offer a few additional comments about my own experiences and how this sentiment translates to software. …it is absolutely vital that we adhere Read more…