Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, by Dr John Medina is a great read; it’s an honest, entertaining, and well-written book based on years of research into the interesting subject of how the brain works. Yet Medina is humble enough to admit that there are many things he and his colleagues still don’t know about the brain. To my mind, this gives the book a lot of credibility.
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12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
Posted in management, time management, tagged introspection, manager, product owner on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How to say “No”
Posted in agile, management, scrum, time management, tagged balance, decisiveness, effectiveness, efficiency, product owner, scrum, urgent on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the sake of those we lead, learning how and when to say “No” may be one of the most important skills an agile leader needs.
Procrastination
Posted in agile, management, scrum, time management, tagged decisiveness, important, indecision, urgent on May 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s better and cheaper to make important decisions before the become urgent. Letting things slide is bad management.
Tired workforces?
Posted in management, time management, tagged balance, effectiveness, efficiency, functional on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Never any clean coffee mugs when you need one? It could be that your team members are not getting enough sleep.
Where has all my time gone?
Posted in agile, management, scrum, time management, tagged effectiveness, efficiency, function, functional, manager, purpose on May 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Choosing to be effective before efficient may produce short term gains but it is disastrous in the long term. And as managers, ensuring long term sustainability for the businesses entrusted to our care is what we get paid to do. The agile manager needs to master efficiency and functional effectiveness to add value.
