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The Necessity of a Fifteen-Minute Standup MeetingOne of Scrum‘s basic techniques is the fifteen-minute standup meeting. Joe Townsend dives into the why this meeting is necessary, how it can help your agile team, and how you can get more from your fifteen minutes. | 
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Why Managers Need to CoachNaomi Karten writes that coaching is increasingly seen as one of the manager’s most important responsibilities. Research suggests that organizations effective at teaching managers to coach deliver higher levels of employee productivity, employee engagement, and financial performance. | 
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How to Gain an Executive's AttentionThe one thing executives are predictably short of is time. Because of this, the challenge for executives is to cut through all the other information that they are being bombarded with. Naomi Karten explains how you can gain the attention of executives despite their busy schedules. |
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Are You Ready to Change Jobs?Are you unhappy in your current job? Or, are you ready to move on to new adventures and bigger challenges? If you’re fortunate enough to have a job, it’s tempting to wonder what opportunities might exist elsewhere. But before you accept a new position, it’s a good idea to look at your motives. |
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Eight Things Successful Managers Do WellNaomi Karten describes eight things that successful managers do well. From building relationships and being straight with employees, to coaching the right people and giving credit when it's due, a good manager can inspire team members to work harder and happier. |
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The Importance of LaughterFor a long time, many organizations dismissed laughter at work as a distraction from getting the job done. Fortunately, this view is gradually changing as people come around to realizing that laughter is an important component of wellness. |
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How to "Manage" Your Former Peers and FriendsIf you’ve just become a manager or executive, and you’re now going to be managing people who used to be your colleagues and pals, your relationships with your former peers will change. You may prefer that the relationships don’t change, but they can, they will, and if you are to succeed, they must. |
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Using Security to Combat Bad Outsourcing It's been reported that a man named Bob outsourced his development role to a firm in China for close to one-fifth of his wage. The good news from all of this is that the company's monitoring system caught Bob, which highlights the importance of security—and the monitoring of it. |
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