Tag: leadership

22
Jun

The importance of servant leadership

Published by adil in Entrepreneurship 4 comments

The importance of servant leadership

Tweet Sometimes the concept of servant leadership doesn’t get enough attention. When it does, most people understand the buzz wordiness of it but not its actual meaning and somehow like it to the “Are you a maker or a manager?” question. The key to fully understanding servant leadership is captured in its subtlety. A lot of people who don’t appreciate the human side of life may think it’s just another “touchy-feely” concept that doesn’t mean → Read More

24
Feb

Management by walking around

Published by adil in Agile, Productivity 8 comments

Tweet Easily, one of the most fun parts of my job is management by walking around (MBWA).  It’s not just fun, but its also quite effective as a tool in leading organizations.  My experience, however, is that its an underutilized tactic.  And for those of us who do it, its one of the easiest things to ‘bump off the schedule’ for something seemingly more important. A brief history “Management by Wandering Around” is a term that → Read More

12
Jan

Stop trying to be the smartest person in the room

Published by adil in Entrepreneurship 1 comment

Tweet One of the most interesting things about hiring extremely talented people is that they, often times, have extremely large egos that come along with their talent.  Working on building a rapidly growing company has certainly opened my eyes to this interesting new reality.  I’ve been thinking a lot about how to coach around these kinds of characteristics recently.  While I am sure that I don’t have a perfect answer, I feel like I am → Read More