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Tips for Improving Your Geographically Distributed Agile Team Many people on agile teams have at least one person who is not collocated. Those on collocated teams indicate that more of their projects are successful; those on far-located teams have the highest number of challenged projects. What can you do if you're part of a geographically distributed team? |
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Praise—and How to Give It Right Genuine praise can do many positive things for the workplace, such as rewarding work well done, raising self-esteem, boosting morale, and increasing productivity. Even so, it's possible to overdo it or even give praise the wrong way. Read on for tips on the best ways to give praise in the workplace. |
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Three Things Managers Should Not Say to Their Employees Being the boss means getting your employees to work well, and that involves communication. There are some ways of saying things that are better than others—and there are some things that are just better left unsaid. If you're a manager, here's a reminder of three phrases you should do without. |
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How Employers Really Benefit from Those “Best Employer” Rankings Several entities compile data and publish annual “best employers to work for” studies. In addition to bragging rights, there are many other valuable benefits the employers on those lists stand to gain—and also some lessons for organizations hoping to get on the lists. Read on. |
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Design Each Team’s Project to Optimize at the Program Level If you are part of a program, it’s not enough to design your project for your team. You have to consider the needs of the program, too. Each team needs to ask itself, “How do we deliver what the rest of the program needs, as the program needs it?” Aim to meet deliverables—not control your people. |
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Book Review: Management 3.0 It's challenging to be a manager or a leader, much less both, and the challenges are greater on an agile team. Jurgen Appelo's book Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders explores what management and leadership mean in a world of agile and self-organizing teams. |
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Eliminate Workplace Jargon and Get Your Ducks in a Row The business world is full of jargon: words that sound like they mean something, but what exactly isn’t a sure thing. These vague, overused, and trite phrases increase the potential for misunderstanding. Here's why you should think outside the box (there's one phrase!) and eliminate jargon. |
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How to Deal with Slackers on Your Team Slackers rarely change their behavior, so waiting for them to shape up might entail a very long wait. But before you go running to your manager to report a coworker who isn't pulling his weight, read this story for some tips on how to confront the person and what you can do to change the situation. |
