by Kiron Bondale | May 2, 2021 | Agile, management failure, project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management, team building
HBR published an article this week titled Managing your WFH paranoia. In the article, the author focuses on the impacts of the “out of sight, out of mind” concerns which many workers have developed over the course of the past year resulting from COVID-19 pandemic work...
by Kiron Bondale | Apr 25, 2021 | management failure, project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management, team building
Having the courage to speak up within a team without fear of social repercussion is a symptom of a higher level of psychological safety. Depending on the context of the complaint it might, in fact, be evidence of Challenger Safety which is the top level of Dr. Timothy...
by Kiron Bondale | Apr 11, 2021 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, management failure, project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management, team building
HBR published an article this week on how leaders can help their teams to recover quicker from disruptions. Given the events of the past year, this topic is apropos and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. In the article, the author introduces the...
by Kiron Bondale | Apr 4, 2021 | improving project management, management failure, project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management
(Homelander image is from the Amazon Prime series. The character was created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.) When we think of mythical heroes, they possess such traits as: Showing confidence in the face of overwhelming challengesDemonstrating a lack of...
by Kiron Bondale | Mar 28, 2021 | Agile, improving project management, management failure, project management, Project scheduling, Risk Management
A project manager asked me a question which I’ve frequently been posed over my career. How should I deal with a stakeholder who, when I provide a rough order of magnitude ranged estimate early in the life of a project, insists on holding me accountable to the lower...
by Kiron Bondale | Mar 7, 2021 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, management failure, project management, Psychological Safety
Accountability is a popular word in delivery. It is one of the four classification categories in roles and responsibility tools such as R.A.C.I. charts. The underlying intent is sound. If multiple people are responsible for contributing to the completion of an...
