Paul Keijzer — April 19, 2020 The COVID-19 outbreak has forced millions of employees to work from home, as a result of which managers across the world are preparing to effectively lead their virtual teams. If you’ve never led a team of remote workers before, this may be a little challenging for you. Even worse, … Continue reading 3 Mistakes to Avoid When Leading a Team Virtually
Category Archives: Team Management
5 Ways to Remove Toxicity From Your Team
Emily Muhoberac — April 14, 2020 Interpersonal toxicity is lethal to companies, especially ones in the early stages of growth. More than 75% of employees said a toxic workplace affects their dedication to a company, according to Harvard Business School research. Startups and scaling companies risk losing everything to toxic teams that increase stress and … Continue reading 5 Ways to Remove Toxicity From Your Team
Building Resilient Distributed Development Teams
Jonathan Fries — April 13, 2020 Learn about the building blocks of resilient teams and how geographically distributed teams can help combat the times of unrest Real digital transformation is built on a foundation of adaptability and the ability to embrace change. As we all face new challenges, we offer this guide as a way … Continue reading Building Resilient Distributed Development Teams
Keeping Teams Engaged During Quarantine
Vince Chiofolo — April 8, 2020 olisa655 / Pixabay Times are tough. While COVID-19 effects the daily lives of everyone around the globe in countless ways, employers are finding more and more dire need to keep employees, partners, and other stakeholders safe, active, engaged, and productive. The workforce who are working from the safety of … Continue reading Keeping Teams Engaged During Quarantine
Ideas For Revenue Teams to Make Uncertain Times a Little Better
Megan Heuer — March 19, 2020 There’s no shortage right now of tips for how to work from home and how to run virtual events (including ours). But more and more companies are taking on the bigger story, which is that these are uncertain times and that should change how we use our time and … Continue reading Ideas For Revenue Teams to Make Uncertain Times a Little Better
6 Signs You’re Too Close to Your Team
Peter Stewart — March 10, 2020 I could tell Linda* was upset when I began our coaching session. She had been having challenges with an employee who she had worked with successfully for a long time, but these were not run-of-the-mill problems for Linda. As a senior HR Executive, Linda had years of experience handling … Continue reading 6 Signs You’re Too Close to Your Team
Set Up Your Knowledge Base Collaboratively With Your Team
Vartika Kashyap — March 10, 2020 Have you ever been stuck with a flat tire on your trip? Everyone would have experienced this some time. You’re stranded in the middle of nowhere. You’ve got the spare tire and jack somewhere in the car but you never have bothered to learn to do it. Then you … Continue reading Set Up Your Knowledge Base Collaboratively With Your Team
My Team has Nothing to Say in our Retrospective!
Duncan Maddox — February 26, 2020 One the questions I get asked during almost every Scrum Master training course is “How do I get the team to engage in the Sprint Retrospectives?”. Quite often the feeling within Scrum Teams is that once nothing is broken and the team is meeting their forecasts, there’s “nothing to … Continue reading My Team has Nothing to Say in our Retrospective!
Go Fish! A Philosophy For Being an Outstanding Team Member
Steven Deneir — February 1, 2020 Tuesday morning. 5AM. Alarm clock goes off. Some clouds in the sky. Driving my son to the swimming pool so he can start his training at 5:45 sharp. Continuing the drive towards a client to facilitate a training. 6:45 Traffic jam. Drizzle. 7:45 arrived. 9:00 Training to be started. … Continue reading Go Fish! A Philosophy For Being an Outstanding Team Member
How Bloggers Can Improve Their Team’s Task Estimates
Rich Butkevic — January 27, 2020 If you’re a blogger who works with a team on projects, such as for a website redesign or enhancement, you may often find that your task estimates are way off – you’re not alone. Studies have shown that most people are terrible at estimating the amount of time that … Continue reading How Bloggers Can Improve Their Team’s Task Estimates