Wendy Lea: Behind Every Successful Person, There's a Mentor
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Billy R Bennett's curator insight,
May 8, 2013 9:50 PM
Management Jerks - very difficult people in the workplace - should be classified as Mis-Leaders. There have been interesting studies quantifying the costs. Here is a report on one of them. Coaching can yield results, so can education for the mis-leader and his or her team. However, if change does not come, then do not hide behind the "but he's so technically talented" excuse. The costs of the toxic mis-leader are far greater than peviously thought - now we know he or she can be contagious. Scary thought isn't it.
Billy R Bennett's curator insight,
January 3, 2013 4:01 PM
This article by Anil Giri addresses a problem SCRUM practictioners have experienced: A "too large" and "too distributed" team. However, rather than allowing the team to fail by stopping the project he suggests ways to work around the challenges and considerations to make next time. I like Anil's approach for a few reasons - first he's right. I say that not from experience, but also from the best team research. Co-location is the term for putting people in the same physical space to work as a team. In a previous article I noted the necessity of team members needing to build skills in a co-located team before doing too much work in virtual - remote member - project teams. Here are some other lessons he offers that can be adapted for any team based challenge:
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Are you surrounding yourself with the support you need?
A very good short article that can help you understand the kind of mentor you may need. Wendy makes a distinction between the Coach and the Counselor. The coach provides feedback and tactical suggestions, while the counselor provides emotional support. Surrounding yourself with a few good resources gives every leader a better shot at success.
In our coaching work we often provide a coaching "team" - usually a pair of professionals and in it we often divide the roles of coach and counselor.
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