Archives for October 2009
The 5 Critical Qualities of an Entrepreneur
Michael has a post about the best characters of an Entrepreneur. I think that other qualities matter.
Curiosity To start this adventure in the first place you will need a load of curiosity and a passion to learn.
Courage You need to have an adventurous nature and the […]
Theory Of Constraints, Lean and Schnitzels
Roy gave me a copy of “The Cash Machine” Using the ToC for Sales Management. It is a good read, and it reminded me of the principals I learnt several years ago, although this book had a nice twist, and applied the ToC on a human process instead of the normal production line. (There are […]
Getting the Boss to get Rid of Himself
Here is a short discussion I had with a Typemock employee a few weeks ago.
Employee: “Phew, We managed to purchase the last available ticket ” Me: “That’s great…” after a pause “… Why do we keep on missing the early-bird discounts?”* Employee: “That’s because you didn’t […]
Managing Rookie Managers
Rookie managers have a incomplete perception of management and hold on to the idea that they are still reviewed by their personal performance and that there job is to keep things running.
Quite the opposite, it is a mangers job to make change, it is their job to search for problems and opportunities and manage […]
Never promote to a management role
This post is to remind myself what to do what promoting first time managers, based on the final tip in the Myth and Realty Check Post.
Eli, Remember to Delay the Promotion
Here is why. When promoting a manager, I normally promote a high performance employees. These employees are excellent at doing their job well. They […]
Rookie Manager #3: Myth vs Reality
Rookie Managers, including myself, often fail in their new role. Now looking back at my first managerial job (10 years ago) I think that the reason for this was misconceptions and myths that I believed in as a new manager that lead to neglecting key responsibilities.
Myth #1: Authority. I used to believe […]
Going to Vegas!
I am going to be at the SharePoint Conference this year in Vegas (See plan on TripIt). Sorry guys the ticket have been sold out. We are going to have fun and help promote unit testing SharePoint.
This will be my first time in Vegas, I am sure going to have loads of fun, and […]
Rookie Manager #2: Problem Solving vs Problem Finding
There is a big difference between problem solving and problem finding. This is one of the differences that a Rookie Manager must learn quickly. A Rookie manager that has been promoted from the firing lines, from software development is trained to solve problems. Normally the best problem solver who is promoted to the team-leader […]
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