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Tag Archives: team
November
16
How to scale (2 of 5) – Product team structure
posted by Max
Welcome to the second part of my ‘How to scale’ series (you can find part 1 here). One of the first objectives when thinking about structuring your product teams is to ensure that Product is separated from Core engineering. The core engineering team can then focus on creating architecture that can scale, and services that can […]
September
14
What you could learn from ‘Drive’ by Daniel Pink (2009, 208 pages)
posted by Max
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July
27
Leadership hack 023 – setting team norms
posted by Max
Consistency has been shown again and again to be an important facet of leadership (see Google’s Project Oxygen and the CEO Next Door). Agreeing on a set of team norms can have several potential advantages: Consistency aa Here are some norms my teams have created in the past: The customer is always right, everyone […]
July
26
Leadership hack 023 – setting team norms helps your team perform after the honeymoon has ended
posted by Max
Building great teams is notoriously difficult. Setting an agreed list of team norms can help teams become more productive faster. Teams take time and investment to become high-performing (see here). The most challenging phase is what Tuckman called the ‘storming’ phase. Once the team has formed and after the honeymoon period is over, team members soon get […]
July
06
Leadership hack 020 – how to help new team members hit the ground running
posted by Max
Much has been written about how to build and maintain high-performing teams (see here and here). What is less well covered is how to bring on new members into a high-performing team. When someone new joins the team, you are probably thinking about the following: Getting them up to speed as quickly as possible Making the experience great so […]
January
17
What you could learn from ‘Team Genius’ by Rich Kalgaard and Michael Malone (2015, 250 pages)
posted by Max
How did the team that designed and delivered the US’s first ever fighter jet (P-80 Shooting Star) do it in less 143 days? In their book ‘Team Genius’ Rich and Michael suggest that there are five things contribute to team effectiveness. Stay as small as possible, and stick to optimum group sizes. That is 7±2, […]
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