I have written before about the great office I had for this season ... whiteboards on both big...
Leadership topic - partner
with customers and teams to produce world-class results. Manage stakeholders, address issues effectively and practices the fine art of negotiation. Blends people into teams when needed; Can quickly find common ground and solve problems for the good of all; Can negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations; has a good sense of timing.
Roadblock – Competes first versus sharing responsibility, Optimizes for their team/personal goals first. Delegates pieces and parts; treats people as a collection of individuals not a team.
The Promise of observation…
Like children, you don't really have favorites on a Team ... or shouldn't. It is where the Pooh...
The Promise of partners…
When I started teaching at JMU, I noticed that the people I worked with who had gone there shared...
Management Promise…
I really hadn't intended to land in Ops, and frankly thought my "career" was over. Pretty much...
engaging the Promise…
Our group was "Advanced Technologies," doing cutting-edge work with the Promise of Object...
Who are you Thanks partners?
When I arrived at Fannie in 1992, there were about 400 developers/contractors… and we used about...
Change partners…
If you ever are asked to work a business show, my advice would be say NO. You stand in a booth...
What do you Hope for in partners?
While I was helping get the Intel card up and moving through IBM, our specific challenge was to...
partners for Fun…
I know I was gone for 250 of the 300 days available in 18 months for this season… New York’s taxes...
The Opportunity to partner…
At a Women In Technology meeting a few years ago, a young woman said "How did you construct such a...
What Guts do your partners have?
When you would walk into a Debate Round, you would put your name on the ChalkBoard - your number,...
The Feat your partners perform…
What Feat will you do for a partner...High School Debate was something you could not do by...
Partners for Patience…
We were in a bad place. We had sold software that we had barely started writing, and the customer...
Your partners in Delegation…
In the process of looking for a new Senior VP of our business, I was on the interview team. While...













