Team and personal effectiveness

Team and personaleffectiveness

Aleksejs Truhans, 2015 Feb @ LatCraft.lv

ProgrammerTeacher

Network administratorSystem administrator

System analystProject manager

Team leader

Effectiveness factors

Focus

Tools

Motivation

Skill

Measure it!

➲ Tom Gilbhttp://www.gilb.com//CourseSchedule

Motivation

Build a great product

Earn money

Serve your customer

Do a great job

http://en.paperblog.com/all-in-the-same-boat-547043/

Team

CollaborationTeam goals

Commitment and trust

Diversity

Leader

Decisions

Team

Colocation

Cross-functional teams

Face-to-face communication

Communication tax

“we” vs. “us”

Knowledge retention and sharing

Management

Balance of production and capability

External vs. internal motivation

The right amount of challenge

Respect people

Sharpen the saw

Personal effectiveness

Initiative and involvement

Gap between stimulus and response

Personal effectiveness

Circle of concern

Circle of influence

Change inside-out

Personal paradigms

Temple or bricks?

Language you use

https://www.propylaeum.de/en/ancient-near-eastern-studies/thematic-portals/emar-meskene-syrien/archaeological-park/restoration/restoration-temple-of-baal/

"Golden-Temple-Jan-07" by Nicholas (Nichalp) - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden-Temple-Jan-07.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Golden-Temple-Jan-07.jpg

Time management?

Better manage yourself!

http://www.academis.sites.djangoeurope.com/blog/posts/prioritizing-covey-matrix/

Tools

Feedback. Fast feedback.

ReflectionProcess optimization

RetrospectivesWork in pairs

Information radiators

http://www.leanblog.org/2014/04/great-steve-jobs-video-transcript-from-1990-on-continuous-improvement/

Lean

Value stream mapping

7 wastes

Build quality in

Muda – the 7 wastes

Partially done workExtra features

Task switchingDelays

RelearningExtra features

Handoffs

Defects

Kanban

Team or personal tool

Limit work in progress

http://blog.crisp.se/henrikkniberg/2009/06/26/1246053060000.html

Some useful productivity articles

➲ http://articles.jbrains.ca/GettingStartedWithGettingThingsDone.pdf

➲ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/06/self-discipline/

➲ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/05/33-rules-to-boost-your-productivity/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDL85fzdc1g

Thank you!

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