Depthfinding for Managing Performance

Depthfinding for Managing Performance
8 minutes by Rodney Evans

Managing underperformance is one of a leader's trickiest, most emotionally draining challenges. In this article Rodney introduces depthfinding, a framework designed to help leaders address complex organizational challenges, particularly in managing underperformance. It helps leaders understand interconnected system failures and develop comprehensive solutions that address legal, operational, and emotional dimensions of leadership challenges.

The hidden impact of flaky tests on your team and how to address it
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Flaky tests silently sap engineering hours and create delays that ripple across projects. Trunk’s research into 20.2 million CI jobs sheds light on these hidden costs and provides the tools you need to detect, quarantine, and eliminate flaky tests from your codebase. Access is completely free.

A Toolbox for High-Performance Teams
3 minutes by Stefan Lindegaard

In this article Stefan introduces a comprehensive toolbox for building and managing high-performance teams. It consists of three main components: the Capability Gap Map for identifying and addressing skill gaps, the SEBL framework for organizational improvement, and Action Overviews for planning and tracking initiatives.

Engineering Culture and Team Dynamics in a Challenging Climate
6 minutes by John Durrant, Simon Holmes

This is the first research-based industry report from Human-Centric Engineering and its findings based on interviews with eight tech industry leaders about creating effective engineering team cultures. The article reveals that while building a strong engineering culture is crucial for team performance, there's no universal formula or best practices.

Seek Goals That Will Change How You Live
7 minutes by Candost Dagdeviren

Everything starts with setting the right mindset around goals. In this article Candost discusses effective goal-setting strategies, emphasizing that success and goal achievement are separate concepts, and goals should focus on forming lasting habits rather than one-time achievements. Defining the right mindset and the strategies to set goals correctly.

Your business value
13 minutes by Alex Ewerlöf

You should always aim to generate value above costs to ensure job security and career growth. In this article Alex explores the relationship between employee value generation and compensation. He explains that new employees initially produce little value while receiving full salary as companies bet on their future contributions but over time, employees are expected to generate more value than their total cost. He discusses productivity curves, internal marketing, challenges in measuring individual contributions, and various scenarios like quiet quitting and quiet firing.

Streamline IT management with 'The World at Work 2024: Deel IT
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• What happened to the Sonos app?

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• How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups

• Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and others

• MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years

• How to detect honeypots in AWS

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