Team Leadership
Set a Review Date When a Team Decision Depends on an Assumption
Record the assumption behind a team decision and choose a review date or trigger, so changed evidence can lead to a timely adjustment.
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Team Leadership
A Recurring Report Needs Someone Who Can Review Its Purpose
Review a recurring report by the decision it supports, its users and its obligations before agreeing to simplify, pause or retire it.
Team Practices
Share the Inconvenience of Meetings Across Time Zones
Plan distributed-team meetings around actual local times, rotate unavoidable inconvenience and make asynchronous participation a usable option.
Practical management
A Team Metric Can Improve While the Work Gets Worse
Pair a team target with evidence of the outcome it is meant to improve so a better number does not quietly reward worse work.
People and Work
A New Starter Needs a First Task They Can Finish
Design a new employee’s first assignment with a clear outcome, an available reviewer and enough context to finish confidently.
Leading people
A Useful One-to-One Has Space for Work That Is Stuck
Use a manager one-to-one to uncover blocked work, clarify support and agree a next action instead of repeating a status dashboard aloud.