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Essential Soft Skills for IT leaders in a Remote World

Leading teams is always challenging, especially when your team is remote. It requires more effort and more skills to be developed. This article describes which skills could be used if you would like to become not just a good team leader, but a great one To start, here are three essential soft skills: Be vulnerable and authentic Build a collaborative and safe environment Provide candid feedback

Anastasiia Tymoshchuk
on Sep 14, 2021
Culture & Methods

Easy Guide to Remote Pair Programming

Remote pair programming can be an extremely powerful tool, it's a form of social programming. When pairing remote, you need a lot more setup and more tooling in place, so that the two team members can work together effectively. With remote pair programming quality communication is essential because we lack the physical presence that gives us so much non-verbal communication.

Adrian Bolboacă
on Jul 05, 2021
Culture & Methods

Virtual Group Coaching: How to Improve Group Relationships in Remote Work Settings

Due to the pandemic, many software development teams will work remotely longer or permanently or work in blended venues such as some team members working in an office, some working from home, some working from other venues. Virtual coaching can help to improve group interaction or social dynamics in virtual settings where people work together remotely as a group or team.

William Rothwell Cho Hyun Park
on Jun 04, 2021
Culture & Methods

The Rise of Asynchronous Collaboration and What It Means for Development Teams

Drew Falkman from @modus-create shares his perspective on Zoom fatigue and the rise of asynchronous collaboration tools. He offers tips for how to get the most out of the tools his team uses -- like Miro, a virtual whiteboard platform, and Trello, a project management tool. He explores the pros and cons of different tools and approaches.

Drew Falkman Jay Garcia
on May 04, 2021
Culture & Methods

Challenges of Working Remotely in Africa

Remote work can present new complexities such as communication gaps, time zone challenges, and even lack of transparency. Nonetheless, a well-managed remote team can readily overcome all these issues while discovering many benefits at the same time. This article focuses on the current situation in Africa citing specific challenges and solutions drawn from real companies in Nigeria.

Abiodun Osoba
on Apr 27, 2021
Culture & Methods

Moving from Collocated Management to Remote Leadership

Management in a remote organization is vastly different from that in a collocated one. Copying in-person interactions to digital tools does not cultivate a great culture nor does it contribute to better collaboration. This article aims to give you an idea of what the move to remote leadership entails and why it is essential for the success of any business in the remote work era.

Molood Ceccarelli
on Apr 21, 2021 2
Culture & Methods

Culture & Methods Trends Report March 2021

The most significant impact on culture and methods in 2021 is the disruption caused by COVID-19. We look at what's needed for good remote and the impact of bad remote, how management practices are evolving, and the importance of people skills for technologists. Paying attention to ethical issues, diversity and inclusion, tech for good, employee experience and psychological safety are important.

Shane Hastie Ben Linders Shaaron A Alvares Douglas Talbot Craig Smith Rafiq Gemmail
on Mar 05, 2021
Culture & Methods

Dealing with Remote Team Challenges

Remote working provides challenges such as providing equitable access, ensuring adequate resources and tooling, addressing social isolation and issues of trust. Remote-first and truly asynchronous teams tend to consistently perform better. In the future, organisations will continue to have remote on their agenda. Fully realising the benefits of remote teams requires trust building and intent.

Ben Linders Jeremy Lu
on Dec 09, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book The Power of Virtual Distance

The book The Power of Virtual Distance, 2nd edition, by Karen Sobel Lojeski and Richard Reilly, describes the Virtual Distance Model and provides data and insights from research that can be used to lower Virtual Distance when working remotely together. By doing so, organizations can see quantifiable improvements in both business goals and human well-being among employees.

Ben Linders Karen Sobel Lojeski Richard Reilly
on Dec 02, 2020
Culture & Methods

Decentralised Development: Common Pitfalls and how Value Stream Management can Avoid Them

Big businesses often learn about Agile methodologies and start breaking up their teams to be more product-oriented. But this exposes teams to pitfalls affecting three main areas: risk, dependencies and governance. This article identifies these challenges, and introduces value stream management as an answer –the author explores what this is and how businesses can implement it effectively.

Jeff Keyes
on Nov 20, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Working Remotely

In the book Working Remotely, Teresa Douglas, Holly Gordon, and Mike Webber share their experiences from working at Kaplan, a company that changed from being a brick-and-mortar company to becoming a predominantly virtual company.

Ben Linders Teresa Douglas Holly Gordon Mike Webber
on Nov 05, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Office Optional

The book Office Optional by Larry English describes how employees from Centric work virtually within a culture that contributes to the business’s success and employee happiness. The stories in this book provide insights into how working remotely looks, building relationships and trust in a virtual environment, managing remote teams, and recruiting and hiring people for remote working.

Ben Linders Larry English
on Sep 30, 2020