Two of my favorite quotes regarding leadership and management:
”Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will.” – John D. MacDonald
“Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, and treating people with respect.” – Stephen Covey
How to Do Hybrid Right – a great article for managers but not limited regarding ways to adapt to hybrid model of business
The article was first published here on the 16th of March 2020.
In these exceptional times of global crisis, we are changing the way we work, focusing on remote work, or work from home scenarios across the IT eco-system.
Here are a couple of quick thoughts :
Regarding Meetings
If you’re on a call with more than one person, please mute by default, out of courtesy.
A guide to staying connected, safe, engaged, productive and empathic during critical situations with the help of video.
The article was first published here on the 18th of March 2020.
During these exceptional times of a global crisis, companies are changing the way they work, shifting to working remotely, or working from home scenarios across the IT ecosystem.
Companies everywhere are currently shifting operations for safety reasons to temporary remote operations-creating a couple of challenges in staying connected, engaged and productive.
In response to those challenges, the opportunity now is to lead with calm and inspire confidence in these times of crisis, providing the context for team members to feel safe and contributing to initiatives while facing the challenges of remote work and global safety issues.
Must read materials regarding 2021 top strategic predictions & trends from Gartner and New Relic.
My opinion is that this quote from Gartner will be key in filtering the companies that will succeed or fail at the end of 2021 :
Organizations are often dragged down by “organizational debt,” which includes technical, process, data, architecture, talent, security and social debt. Collectively this debt affects value proposition and brand. The cause is an extensive and expensive set of business processes underpinned by a patchwork of technologies that are often not optimized, lean, connected or consistent.
“As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you must also understand the art of delegation.”
— Richard Branson
