Listening Skills How to Become a Better Listener (via HBR) Listening has three aspects: cognitive, emotional, behavioral 9 tips: repeat the last few words back, don’t rephrase unless you need to, offer natural nonverbal cues to show you’re listening, pay…
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Professional Development – 2021 – Week 51
Career So You Botched a Job Interview. What’s Next? (via HBR) Reflect on the entire interview Use thank-you notes to show self-awareness Avoid false narratives Continue your job search Focus on the next interview Diversity and inclusion 3 Small Ways…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 50
Business When Should Your Company Develop Its Own Software? (via HBR) This article covers the space between needing more than what off-the-shelf software can provide yet still needing the efficiencies of software to stay competitive. It also discusses the pros…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 49
Business How Nonprofits Can Encourage Donors to Give More (via HBR) Introduce a “fun” choice between tip jars (e.g., cats/dogs) Use nouns over verbs — “become a donor” vs “donate today” Use second person plural — “we need your help”…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 48
Agile Agility ≠ Speed (via SWLW) This article posits an interesting physics analogy: speed has magnitude and direction. It’s not sufficient to build software faster if you’re not building it in the right direction. “That is what the word agile…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 47
Agile Moving from SAFe to Just In Time (via Leading Agile) Is it okay to use only parts of SAFe? Yes; all methodologies serve a specific purpose if you have the problems those methodologies were built to solve. For example,…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 46
Conflict How to Foster Healthy Disagreement in Your Meetings (via HBR) There needs to be a purpose to bring a little conflict Describe actual behavior you’re seeing Invite multiple interpretations Disrupt the defaults Estimation My Software Estimation Technique (via Software…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 45
Business Structure Making Silos Work for Your Organization (via HBR) Silos aren’t inherently the “wrong” choice; they come with certain advantages. This article discusses how to build bridges between silos and ways to put checks and balances in place to…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 44
Agile Agility Hacks (via HBR) I don’t know if I’d call these hacks, per se; however, the article makes good points about when agile helps and when it’s not a good fit. When you do need it to respond quickly,…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 43
Career 7 Questions to Ask Your New Boss (via HBR) Who should I meet with outside our team? How do you prefer to communicate? What’s the best way to ask for your input and feedback? What can I do to…