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How to Avoid Remote Work Disasters to Address the Coronavirus Pandemic

Lead Change Blog

As a mid-level manager in the software engineering unit of a startup of 400 employees doing Electronic Health Records (EHRs), he was given the task of shifting everyone to a telecommute setup as a cost-reduction measure due to rising rents on their office building. I recommended the following “Failure-Proofing Strategy” to him.

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How to Be Less Negative – and Still Be Yourself

Let's Grow Leaders

While the initial cost is lower, managing the contractor and bringing them up to speed will cost more time and money, plus any extension of the contract would cost more money than the current situation. We once worked with a very literal-minded engineer who had a reputation as a caustic teammate. Take Your Temperature.

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How to Help a Task Master Focus on People

Let's Grow Leaders

” Of course, all this may be true, for you, or for a manager that you’re working to develop. And we need more managers who feel confident in their ability to connect. But working their way down a to-do list feels a heck of a lot more manageable. Now let me get back to work!” People matter. Make a spreadsheet.

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How to Be a Less Negative Leader

Let's Grow Leaders

Managing the contractor, and bringing them up to speed will cost more time and money, plus any extension of the contract would cost more money than the current situation. One time we worked with a very literal-minded engineer who had a reputation as a caustic teammate. This is about managing yourself. I was just brainstorming.

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5 Biggest Mistakes in Virtual Meetings

Decker Communication

You must engineer it. They can manage the chat channel to answer questions, launch polls, and add notes. Your audience is more likely to engage, ask questions, brainstorm—and they’ll be more invested in the outcome as a result. It’s happened to all of us. Engagement doesn’t just happen. Add a poll. Use Q&A.

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Work Together or Fail Alone

Coaching Tip

Jonah Lehrer's article, "GroupThink" in The New Yorker , January 30, 2012 states that brainstorming seems like an ideal technique, a feel-good way to boost productivity. But there is a problem with brainstorming. Now Boeing needs hundreds of engineers just to design and produce engines." It doesn't work.

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Moose Mess: Boeing’s Culture May Have Caused Those Tragic Crashes

The Practical Leader

” The Seattle Times investigative report found, “a company that once encouraged its engineers to raise questions or concerns about programs and designs began to do the opposite.” ” An engineering leader said, “there was a theme of just follow the plan, and that was code for don’t bring me bad news.”