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Unpolished Leaders

We Need More Unpolished Leaders

I was getting breakfast with a colleague last week, and we were talking about leadership. Specifically we talked about polish. I told her that I preferred unpolished leaders; she disagreed. For me, it’s examples like General Mattis that come to mind as an excellent and unpolished leader. I had the honor of serving under him […]

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Managers in an Agile Shop

Managers in an Agile Shop

Managers in an agile shop.  It’s an interesting—and sometimes controversial—topic. In fact, Andy Cleff and I collaborated in June on this.  We go in depth in his blog post titled Managers and Agile and Riding an Elephant.  Since I haven’t yet written about managers in an agile shop on my own blog, I wanted to

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