The Blame Game
“You did not receive your order? Well, I did all I could. But they aren’t doing their job properly.”
“They...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Authority & Delegation (presentation)
Agile Management – Authority & Delegation View more presentations from Jurgen Appelo.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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