I will be in London again this spring. Again, I will be offering public workshops. This year, I’ll be offering these workshops: Monday, March 17, 2014: Introduction to Agile Project Management Are you an “agile project manager”? Or, a “Scrum Master with project management responsibilities”? Or, maybe you’re a “Product Owner who is supposed to […]
As I give my talks about Manage Your Job Search, I ask people, “What traps have you noticed in your job search?” I hear all kinds of things. I’ve addressed a number of them in the book, and I’ll address more of them here. One of the traps I hear a lot is this one:
While I was on vacation in early January, there were two interviews posted on InfoQ: Ben Linders interviewed Esther Derby, Don Gray, and me about the Change Artistry book. I’m really pleased about the way the interview came out. Thanks, Ben! Back at Agile 2013, Shane Hastie interviewed me. The interview is here. We spoke
I had a wonderful time speaking with Cesar Abeid, of pmforthemasses.com. We recordeded a podcast about Manage Your Job Search back in December, that is now available for your listening pleasure. See Your Job Search is a Project. You can tell we both had a great time discussing the book. I’m so excited that Cesar
I’ve met many managers who were in the wrong position. Sometimes, it was the Peter Principle. Sometimes, it’s managers who have been founders or who have been technically great and got promoted into management positions. Because they are so intelligent, and because they do not read about management, they don’t know or don’t care about
Thanks to George Dinwiddie, who pointed me to the hashtag #FiveWordTechHorrors. I have been enjoying that stream. I found “We Only Hire Rock Stars” at some point. I realized I had not written about a common hiring trap in a very long time. Yes, you should hire “stars.” They have to be stars who fit
Johanna’s 2013 New Year’s Tips Every year, I provide you three New Year’s tips, to start your year off right. Here are my three tips for 2013: Tip #1: Experiment. I’ve noticed that many of my clients and colleagues are looking for “best practices.” Well, how about “pretty good” practices or “practices that might work
There’s a great post, Please: Stop “Hiring to Cultural Fit”. Laura Bergells explains the problems of what she sees when people supposedly hire for cultural fit: They consider for personality first They consider tech and business skills second If you read this blog on a regular basis, you are shaking your head in disbelief. That’s
I had a boss who was great at saying, “Terri did this. Jen did that. JR did this other thing.” We all knew who had learned about different areas of the system, who had succeeded at which parts of testing or development or project management. It was great. She didn’t just tell us. Nope, our
When I was a hiring manager, I almost never negotiated the offer I made to candidates. Why? I got to know people during the interviewing. I often asked in the phone screen when I knew I wanted to bring someone in, “The typical salary for this job is this range: x- y. Are we on