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
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
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
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.