I exited Ops to go back into the Development part of Fannie, supporting a group of reusable...
Leadership topic - observe
and rapidly respond to critical opportunities. Evaluate all problems and solutions from different angles, involve stakeholders in solution formation, and experiments with a pilot before taking a project to the next level; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers; sought out by others for advice and solutions.
Roadblock – Is not open to criticism; gets upset and blames others for problems; Picks a side versus finding a path to the middle
observing Persistence
As engineering continued to grow, I picked up another direct report with a great team focusing on...
The Promise of observation…
Like children, you don’t really have favorites on a Team… or shouldn’t. It is where the analogy...
Thanks-observing
Happy Thanksgiving! ….and, of COURSE I have a story - actually more than one. Come on - it is...
What does Change observe?
So at this point, we were trying to get a staid Federal manufacturing facility to become "lean"...
observing Hope…
Now surfing across the top of IBM, I had access to VP's and Senior Vice President's who literally...
Fun observations…
This little card from Intel was roiling large portions of IBM, which I had Fun observing. This...
The Opportunity to renew…
I have written about being fired before, and I have used that story with a number of others who...
executing Opportunities…
I was fortunate that there was another tech company literally across the street that needed a VP...
wonder what Opportunity is?
After a couple of years, the work at Merant was into a "good" rhythm. I was enjoying meeting with...
observing Opportunity…
The company I joined was headquartered in Maryland, but I led teams from an acquisition located in...
The Opportunity to partner…
At a Women In Technology meeting a few years ago, a young woman said "How did you construct such a...
management Opportunity…
It was another meeting, another group of people, and by knowing the list, I didn't even need to...
Opportunity to engage…
Some of my first memories are musical - playing records at 78 because the would go faster 😉 And...