I recently joined a local Vistage group run by Steve Johandes. Vistage is a peer-to-peer membership organization for CEOs, business owners, and executives of small- to mid-size businesses.
Vistage has a powerful issue processing framework that I really enjoy. It’s effective at getting to the root issue of a problem that someone is facing, and it helps identify constructive next steps. Read more on The Vistage Issue Processing Framework – A New Sales Tool…
Monitoring accounts receivable (AR) is something that all companies do. Generally, this is a function of the accounting department.
The challenge is: Who is responsible for following up when AR is past due? Read more on Monitoring Past Due AR with Xero and Slack…
It’s always enjoyable to reflect on the incredible things that happened during the year. Here’s my list of fun facts. Read more on 2017 Atomic Fun Facts…
We’ve all been there—that moment when you realize you’ve bitten off a little more work than you can handle. Interestingly, the more you increase your skill level, the more often you find yourself in this situation. It stands to reason; people like to assign work to competent and talented people. Read more on You Can’t Always Outwork the Requests! (How to Reduce an Overloaded Queue)…
There are some extremely smart and creative people in the tech world. Surprisingly, many of them struggle with the simple concept of finding a win-win situation when adversity strikes.
I’ve observed that it’s common for developers to see a difficult circumstance as a win-lose, lose-win, or worse yet, a lose-lose proposition. These situations can seem scary, but they can also provide a great opportunity to grow a relationship. In my experience, people remember how adversity was handled, not that it occurred. Read more on Finding a Win-Win in Difficult Situations…
It’s not uncommon for a successful software project to last many years. After all, successful software is never complete. There’s always a new feature to add or an existing component to freshen up.
But should the original team last just as long?
Read more on Team Rotations – Yes, You Should…
In my experience, people who truly excel in their careers are always self-managing. They accomplish more, they discover more opportunities for themselves, and (as Verne Harnish says in Scaling Up) they’re the sort of people that smart organizations hire and rely on.
Read more on Self-Managing People Are Smart about Asking for Help…
Building custom software is like sculpting with clay—you can create just about anything you can imagine. Whatever your unique business process is, custom software can be coded to handle it in a streamlined and elegant way. It enables you to differentiate your product offerings and create repeatable value for a large number of users. Read more on Should you build custom software? It depends on which kind of problem you have….
This time of year, I like to reflect on all of the amazing things that happened during the previous year. It’s enjoyable to spend some time putting together a list of fun facts. Read more on 2016 Atomic Fun Facts…
Good management at Atomic is putting people in the right context for success and getting out of their way. In other words, we hire trustworthy people, then trust them.
At lot goes into that simple statement. Read more on Short-Handed Management Model – Five Practices that Make it Work…
