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Team Competition is Not Friendly

I once worked in an organization where the senior managers thought they should motivate us, the team members. They decided to have a team competition, complete with prizes. I was working on a difficult software problem with a colleague on another team. We both needed to jointly design our pieces of the product to make […]

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Management Myth 34: You’re Empowered Because I Say You Are

“Larry, I need VP approval for this,” said Josh, the director of engineering. Larry looked annoyed. “This is only $30. Why am I signing off on $30?” “Because I have no signature authority on anything. Even though I’m a director, I can’t sign off on any discretionary purchases. I have no capital equipment authorization. I

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