Leadership & teams
The Art of Negotiation
Chris Voss is the expert on this topic, and I highly recommend his book “Never split the difference: Negotiate as if your life depends on it”. Most people go into a negotiation assuming that it is...
Leadership & teams
9 articles from the notebook.
Leadership & teams
Managing Remote Workers
This past year has been surprisingly busy for IT professionals. When COVID hit, we all battened down the hatches, expecting a potential business downturn. However, within a month, a wave of new...
Leadership & teams
The 5 Levels of Leadership
The world renowned Leadership expert, John Maxwell, has defined 5 levels of leadership, and we'll go through each one here, to help you understand how to advance through the levels, and also to...
Leadership & teams
The Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model
I found a small book at an airport recently called "The Decision Book: Fifty models for strategic thinking". It's a nice easy read and a good thought provoker, and one of the models in particular...
Leadership & teams
How to Motivate your Team - The Power of Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose
The number 1 tool that employers think they have to motivate their team is dollar compensation. A higher pay should equate to higher motivation to perform well at work, but actually this is only...
Leadership & teams
The Importance of Positively Managing Conflict in a Team
Teams don’t always just hum along. People have personal and professional differences, and sweeping them under the rug is not healthy long term, and could eventually cause a full breakdown. If...
Leadership & teams
The Sunk Cost Fallacy
The sunk cost fallacy is in action every time you: Sit through a long boring movie even if you decided after the first half an hour that is was terrible Finish a meal that tastes bad and after...
Leadership & teams
How to Delegate Effectively (Orders vs Enrolment)
There are 2 ways that you can allocate work. You can give orders, or you can enrol people. Orders: This is most people's default way of delegating work. To do it well, you speak to the person...
Leadership & teams
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
There are five interrelated issues that undermine the performance of a team, and they can be viewed from 2 angles: The Negative Angle This is popular because as managers we're often looking for...
