Leadership Practice
Leader standard work makes management routines visible enough to improve
Leader standard work gives managers a repeatable routine for supporting improvement. Make each check lead to observation, coaching or follow-through.
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Leadership Practice
Leadership Practice
Resource levelling can move a project’s finish date
Resource levelling can move a finish date because people cannot perform overlapping assignments indefinitely. Read the schedule assumptions first.
Leadership Practice
An after-action review works best before memories become a shared story
Run an after-action review that separates expectations from events, invites different perspectives and turns observations into a small set of owned improvements.
Leadership Practice
Track a Leading Indicator Without Mistaking It for the Final Result
Use leading indicators to examine activities that may influence results, while keeping the actual outcome visible and avoiding easy-to-game targets.
Leadership Practice
A Manager’s Span of Control Needs a Workload Conversation
Span of control counts direct reports, but team complexity and management duties determine what that count demands from a leader.
Leadership Practice
A Skip-Level Meeting Needs a Clear Purpose for Everyone Involved
Prepare a skip-level meeting with a clear purpose, agreed confidentiality limits and a follow-up route that avoids conflicting instructions.
Leadership Practice
Recognise Good Work Without Making Overtime the Standard
Recognition tells a team what is valued. Praise the useful contribution without implying that constant extra hours are the normal route to approval.