Category:
Empowerment & Delegation (30)
The Blame Game

The Blame Game

“You did not receive your order? Well, I did all I could. But they aren’t doing their job properly.”

“They...

Read more

Here’s My Management 3.0 Story. What’s Yours?

After 4 years of working by myself, I am now the proud manager of a team of seven great people. Two months ago, I had already extended my...

Read more

Managers Are Smarter

Why Managers Are Smarter, and Management Isn’t

I got involved in an interesting email discussion about the question whether the work of managers requires smarter people. This is what s...

Read more

Kudo Box

Virtual Kudo Box

I already had a Kudo Box article, and physical kudo cards.

Now there is an online Kudo Box application to help you send a token of...

Read more

Delegation Does Not Mean Negation

I was once invited by Steve*) to speak at a conference. I accepted and reserved the dates on my calendar. But the conference was moved by...

Read more

Delegation Poker (Free Exercise)

Update 6 May 2013: There is a new design available for the Delegation Poker cards. You can download the new Delegation Poker cards ...

Read more

Authority & Delegation (presentation)

Agile Management – Authority & Delegation View more presentations from Jurgen Appelo.

Read more

Four Kinds of Trust (4): Trust Yourself!

In the situation of a manager and several team members we can identify four types of trust relationships. I describe each of these in fou...

Read more

Four Kinds of Trust (3): Help People to Trust Each Other

In management and leadership literature one of the topics most often referred to is trust. Trust between two people operates in two direc...

Read more

Four Kinds of Trust (2): Earn Trust from Your People

In management and leadership literature one of the topics most often referred to is trust. Trust between two people operates in two direc...

Read more

Four Kinds of Trust (1): Trust Your People

In management and leadership literature one of the topics most often referred to is trust. Trust between two people operates in two direc...

Read more

If You Want Something Done, Practice Your Patience

In the science fiction movie The Fifth Element, the character Zorg is a devious and ruthless industrialist ruler, who is time and time ag...

Read more