Tools and tactics for leaders of distributed teams
by MichaΕ ParkoΕa
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- π Don’t use the same tools to direct attention and store information
- βοΈ Make it easy for people to understand you
- π Know What You Want
- ποΈ Train like an athlete
- π Limits, regeneration and meaning β how not to go crazy in difficult times
- βοΈ De-noise Your Email
- π€ How might this make sense?
- βοΈ Make good decisions in difficult interpersonal situations
- ποΈ Encourage acts of leadership at all levels
- π¦ You can’t solve problems while angry or fearful
- π΄ββ οΈ One of Us
- π€ A fast decision-making method for teams
- π How to become a great team
- π€ͺ How to stay sane on the road to meaningful outcomes
- What do high-performance teams need from their virtual space (that they’re not getting from existing tools)?
- π When in Doubt Clarify the Outcome and Action
- β Your Work Serves a Purpose: Make That Purpose Visible
- π Make Your Communication Meaningful (For Your Intended Audience)
- π Make Your Communication Concise
- π Make Your Communication Concrete
- βοΈ Communicate Well in Short Chunks of Writing
- π€© Don’t rely on “wow” effects
- βοΈ How to make Very Big Decisions?
- π§ Use Trello as a structured whiteboard for distributed brainstorming and online workshops
- βοΈ Heroic Adventurers vs. Brutish Invaders
- π How to Start with WHY
- π Assume Positive Intent
- π² Enable Knowledge to Grow Over Time with AsyncABC
- π Aim for a 5:1 ratio of positive to negative interactions
- π First Find the Good
- π Use a consistent information architecture across tools
- πΌοΈ Show, don’t tell
- Create Psychological Safety to Get Better Teamwork
- A new operating system for learning
- Help Your Team Be More Effective (the Google Way)
- Maximise Collective Intelligence With Empathy
- A Note on Empathy and Compassion
- When making decisions as a team aim for soft consensus
- Ask for Feedback
- How to Speak so that People Listen
- Thinking tools for Product Owners (my talk at Agile by Example 2014)
- 7 Pitfalls that can Destroy new Product Owners (my talk at Agile by Example 2014)
- How (not) to begin your journey as a Scrum Master
- How to Design Highly-Usable Dialog Boxes
- The old WHAT vs. HOW debate