In today’s corporate landscape, companies proudly display their core values on walls, websites, and employee handbooks. Integrity. Innovation. Customer-first. Collaboration. These words are meant to inspire and guide teams, but too often, they become mere platitudes—statements that sound good but lack real impact. The danger arises when leadership fails to enforce, supervise, or embody these values.
Continue ReadingThis is a quick post to show how to clone all repositories in an Azure DevOps project. This is useful if you need to clone all repositories to your local machine and there are a lot of them or to run a script against all repositories. This script requires the Azure CLI and the Azure DevOps extension.
Continue ReadingCreating an Ubuntu VM using Hyper-V using the Quick Create feature is a quick and easy way to get a VM up and running. It also configures the VM with Integration Services so you can do cool things like resize the VM window and share your clipboard between the host and the VM.
Continue ReadingLeadership comes in many forms, but one of the most defining differences in leadership styles is whether a leader chooses to lead from the front or from the back. While some believe that staying behind and guiding from a distance fosters empowerment, history and experience show that leading from the front is often the most effective and inspiring approach.
Continue ReadingWe’ve all been there—an email lands in our inbox with a meeting invite and a note: “Please read the attached document before the meeting.” Maybe it’s a 20-page report, a technical specification, or a strategy proposal. And yet, when the meeting starts, half the attendees clearly haven’t read it, leading to an inefficient and frustrating discussion.
Continue ReadingIn any organization, the roles of leaders and supervisors are essential to ensuring smooth operations and achieving goals. While the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, they refer to distinct roles with unique characteristics and responsibilities. Understanding the differences between a leader and a supervisor can help organizations assign the right person to the right role and optimize team performance.
Continue ReadingIn every organization, leaders play a crucial role in driving progress, setting the tone for teamwork, and steering the team toward success. However, even the most well-intentioned leaders can sometimes become the bottleneck of their teams. This happens when their actions (or inactions) slow down progress, hinder creativity, or create unnecessary dependency.
Continue ReadingAs leaders, we spend a significant amount of time making decisions—big and small. From adjusting timelines to reallocating resources, these choices shape the trajectory of our teams and projects. But making a decision is just the first step. The real magic happens when we take the time to ensure our teams understand not only what was decided but, more importantly, why it was decided.
Continue ReadingI have a pretty old laptop, a Dell Precision m3800. During the holidays, it fell off a table and landed precisely on the power connector (don’t ask). The power connector was bent, the light indicator on it would not light up and the laptop wouldn’t charge. Fortunately such power supplies are used by other more recent models, so I was able to order one online.
Continue ReadingWith the somewhat recent announcement that Pivotal Tracker is shutting down, many of us who have relied on it for years are suddenly faced with a pressing need: how do we migrate all our project data before it’s gone for good? I found myself in this exact position, with an established project history that I couldn’t just leave behind.
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