Tips for Leading Agile Teams with Emotional Intelligence
As I noted in my last post, I am working on the second edition of Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers. Thankfully, I was able to send the manuscript on time…
Emotional Intelligence for Agile Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Leaders and Coaches
I am working on the second edition of my emotional intelligence book and one of the things I am excited about is adding a whole new chapter on how emotional…
Commiting to a Year of Risk-Taking and Failure
I am committed to changing my relationship with failure. Failure was something I was deathly afraid of for most of my early life. I think I was 30 years old before…
Optimism
What is the Worst that Could Happen?
This is a post about the importance of optimism. I recently came to appreciate the role that optimism, or lack of it, plays in my life. My outlook on life…
Forget Proactivity, Try Using Reactivity Instead
My mentor Rich said something last week that really got me thinking. He was talking about our own self-awareness and how that can serve us as leaders. In particular, he…
Leading By Example – Part of the Team Wow?
wThis post continues the discussion on how Leaders can create the "Wow Factor" that helps to attract and retain the best possible resources for their teams. I recently posted on…
The Wow Factor – How to Attract and Retain Resources to the Teams you Lead
Project and Program Managers need to attract resources to do the work; the quality of those resources determines the quality of the project outcomes. This post is about attracting and…
How Happiness affects High Performing Teams
A recent article in the Chicago Tribune discussed the topic of happiness. Based on research by Jack Bauer, associate professor at the University of Dayton, the article provided some interesting tips…
Emotional Intelligence and Projects – A Research Study (part 2)
A few weeks ago I posted here about a relatively new research study that sought to detemine the relationship between emotional intelligence and project management competencies and transformational leadership behaviors. The study is documented in…
when in doubt, be nice
When in Doubt, be Nice!
Last week, a good friend and mentor of mine overheard a conversation I was having with one of the team leads on my program. I was not satisfied with the leader's…