by Kiron Bondale | Feb 28, 2021 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management, team building
In 2014 I wrote an article about the benefits which diversity in team composition can bring to risk identification. With different backgrounds and experiences, team members will usually identify a richer set of risks than might be defined by a group with limited...
by Kiron Bondale | Feb 21, 2021 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, management failure, personal development, project management, team building
A recent Harvard Business Review article warned of the challenges with using the “feedback sandwich” method. The authors wrote that such feedback might irritate the recipient, cause them to ignore the feedback or confuse them. The authors also stated that positive...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 31, 2021 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, management failure, Process Peeves, team building
I’ve previously written about the importance for an organization’s operational capabilities which support delivery capabilities to evolve when there is a move to increase business agility. Whether it is procurement, finance or human resources, all supporting areas...
by Kiron Bondale | Dec 27, 2020 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, management failure, project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management, team building
Daniel Goleman wrote this week in an HBR article with regards to emotional intelligence: “…one of the most persistent things I see people get wrong about the concept is that it equates to being “nice.” But it doesn’t, and misunderstanding this can get people into...
by Kiron Bondale | Dec 20, 2020 | Facilitating Organization Change, management failure, personal development, project management, Psychological Safety, team building
An article published this week on HBR.org indirectly identified another casualty of low psychological safety: future leadership. In the article, the authors highlighted three key reasons why capable people are reluctant to lead. Laziness or inertia did not make the...
by Kiron Bondale | Dec 13, 2020 | Facilitating Organization Change, personal development, project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management, team building
The final stage in the three-step model for building psychological safety within your team is to champion it. A champion is not afraid of taking on all challengers and you might face plenty of those. You may have some team members who are used to getting their way by...
