In their book First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman presen...

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Here's a test that everyone has been waiting for (without really knowing it). This Rate-Your-Manager Test will tell you how good your...

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Yes I know, I know! It took me way too long to announce the winner for the $100 Book Contest. Sorry about that, folks. I was being distra...

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Some people tell me that "you cannot motivate a person". You can only "remove the impediments that prevent a person from b...

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Here's just a quick note to let you know that I've picked a jury to decide on the winner in the $100 Software Development Books C...

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There are many ways to motivate (and demotivate) people. As a development manager, project manager or ScrumMaster, it might help to use a...

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Attention, dear readers… This is your chance to win $100 worth of software development books!!! Here's how… As an Amazon....

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There are at least three reasons why people are the most important part of any software project. And this leads to (what I would like to ...

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I've argued many times that software projects are complex adaptive systems. This view is shared by Ken Schwaber, Jim Highsmith and ma...

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Despite the progress we made in software engineering in the last two decades, some people still believe that processes can be more import...

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There is no single, authoritative perspective or definition of creativity. At least 60 different definitions of creativity can be found i...

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Jurgen! How would you encourage team building? A good team building exercise which (at least to me) is preferable over helicopter droppin...

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