Archive for the ‘Effectiveness’ Category

Manager != Leader

March 13, 2011 | In: Effectiveness

All too often we see knowledge workers, media and other professionals confusing the role of a leader with that of a manager. Peter Drucker spelled it out clearly for us - leadership is about 'doing the right things', in other words about being effective. ...

Technology of Doing

January 8, 2011 | In: Agile, Effectiveness

Over the course of the past twenty years or so, the software development community has created or sought axioms, metaphors, techniques, approaches, analogies, processes and other practices (sometimes borrowing them from automobile manufacturing) that...

Boosting Effectiveness

November 14, 2010 | In: Effectiveness

Remember the "Computers are Everywhere" slogan from this vintage 80's cartoon commercial?  It appeared on broadcast television during Saturday mornings as a way to educate young audiences to the newfound efficiencies computers were bringing to all...

Behavior Driven Hiring

September 3, 2010 | In: Effectiveness

While past performance does not guarantee future results in the financial markets, when hiring knowledge workers, this same heuristic does not apply.  A knowledge worker's past performance indicates the recurring professional behaviors that enable him or...