Leadership

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Making remote leadership work Part III: Working with individuals – helping the face behind the chat window

Leading remotely is arguably harder than leading face-to-face. Here are some tips and tools for running your one-on-ones and other individual conversations in a remote setting in part 3 of the 'Making remote leadership work' series.

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Making remote leadership work Part II: The minimum toolset

An effective remote leadership strategy requires a minimum toolset to facilitate communication and collaboration among team members. This toolset typically includes email, chat, video conferencing, project management, and document-sharing software. In the second part, we will make sure you have the infrastructure you need to lead remotely.

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Making remote leadership work Part I: what you need to know

Are you struggling with leading remotely? This article series offers tips and strategies for making it work. I'll discuss the advantages and disadvantages of remote work and how to foster a strong team culture even when your team is distributed. From communication tools like email and chat to work tracking tools like Jira and Trello, I'll cover the essentials for leading a remote team effectively. Don't let remote work hold you back - read this article series and learn how to make remote leadership work for you.

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Why team building fails

Team building is often seen as a tool to help a dysfunctional team to get back on track. And just as often, it fails to achieve this goal. Let's take a look at what the team needs and how I as a leader can help.

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The impact of Covid on my leadership style

I send out an anonymous survey twice every year - but never during that time were we facing a pandemic. Let's take a look at the impact that this has had on my results.

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The fallacy of multi-vendor teams

Your multi-vendor teams are not performing and you're trying to turn it around? Well, you can't - and here's why

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Why "Made In Germany" ain't a thing in software

Software created in Germany never had the same flavour as cars. It's actually more of a smell. And this smell is gradually leaking into the other products. But what can we do to change that? I have three ideas.

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