Artigos

23 de março, 2011

4 types of company culture

I just found an interesting presentation by Lloyd Taylor. He was Director of Global Operations for Google for 3 years and after that he was VP […]
18 de março, 2011

Responsibility, accountability and authority

In last 2 weeks I had a chance to review and reinforce my understanding of responsibility, accountability and authority. One can only be responsible and accountable […]
4 de março, 2011

Agile management

When we implemented agile methodologies at Locaweb, the same way that some developers asked to leave because they were not willing to adapt to some of […]
1 de março, 2011

Top 10 Mistakes in Behavior Change

Just found an interesting short presentation – 12 slides – about the mistakes to avoid when we try to change a behavior. By “behavior change” think […]
21 de fevereiro, 2011

The management roles and responsibilities

I just read two very good articles on roles and responsibilities of a management team. A CEO does only three things: Sets the overall vision and […]
14 de fevereiro, 2011

It's all about the people

I just read a very good article entitled Our Priorities Reveal our Values from Simon Sinek. I already mentioned Simon in my article Purpose beyond profit. […]
7 de fevereiro, 2011

Under pressure

Jason Yip just reminded me about the “under pressure” situation: When people are pressured to meet targets they have three ways to respond: Improve the system […]
18 de janeiro, 2011

Software development, craftsmanship and how to choose a professional

Last week I read two very interesting posts in Dan North’s blog: Programming is not a craft On craftsmanship The first one explains why software development […]
7 de novembro, 2010

How can we improve?

Today I just read two posts about how to improve from blogs of very diverse topics such as swimming and leadership. The blog post about swimming […]