Some advice on successfully leading a company, department, or team, with the help of technology.

1. Resource Management

2. Resource Talent Management

3. What is it?

4. : The management of full-time staff
and part-time resources

5. : The management of full-time staff
and part-time resources Leading people

6. What’s the difference?

8. VS

10. When it’s right

11. : Projects don’t fail, they pivot
: Blame is not in one’s vocabulary
: Your strongest help your weakest
: Resignations are far and few between
: Vacations are enjoyed, not skipped
: Your team interacts outside the office

12. When change is needed

13. : Departments compete with each other
: Post Mortem is a term everyone knows
: WFH requests outweigh co-location requests
: “Turnover is common in our industry”
: Everyone works late, all the time
: You’re CC’d on emails as a weapon
: Leadership peers are unresponsive
: Frequent closed door meetings

14. How to change

15. : Get feedback on issues in a group meeting
: Encourage employees for honesty, even if brutal
: Assign a smaller team to help track found problems
: Start weekly team meetings, monthly group meetings
: Recruit outside consultant for feedback
: Fire the assholes Remove bad seeds
: Reorganize and flatten your team structure
: Co-locate with your team
: Embrace transparency

16. Tools to help

17. : Before you assign your next project
get all stakeholders in front of a
whiteboard or a piece of paper
for at least 15 minutes.

18. : Make a list of everything that has to be
accomplished, should be accomplished,
and is nice to have. Prioritize it.
Stay until there is agreement.

19. : Collaborate with the stakeholders on the
prioritized list throughout the work.

20. : Use a document collaboration tool to track
changes, and keep everyone in the loop.

21. I use Box @ http://box.com

22. : Upgrade to a modern workflow tool.

23. : This will both help your team, and
give you easy line of sight into their
process and communication.

24. : Actually seeing the game allows you
to be a better coach.

25. I use Asana @ http://asana.com

26. : Use a separate tool to organize your
team’s current and upcoming workload.
No more spreadsheets.

27. : Organize them around projects based
on their abilities. Not just availabilities.

28. I use ResourceGuru @
http://resourceguruapp.com

29. : These are just a handful of steps that
can be taken to help correct bad habits,
clear up trust issues, and remove
misinformation.

30. : Remember that time is the most
valuable investment you can make in
your team.

31. : But great tools are also a wise investment.

32. eddie@ripl.io for more advice