High Performance Team -Agile Cafe

The Ground Floor Phase – How – To – Activity V: The Collaborative Approach of Appreciative Inquiry

Hello readers, we are in the fifth (and last) activity of this phase and today is the time to prepare a team meeting activity: The Collaborative Approach of Appreciative Inquiry. Is this the first article you read of this series? […]

The Ground Floor Phase – How – To – Activity IV: 3D Modeling with LEGO Serious Play

Hello readers, we are in the fourth activity of this phase, and today is the time to do some 3D models with LEGO® Serious Play® Methodology. Is this the first article you read of this series? Don’t worry; you can check […]

The Ground Floor Phase – How – To – Activity III: The Visual Path

Hello dear readers, we are here now with our third activity for our first phase. It is going faster than I thought. I hope you are enjoying this series of posts. My target is around five activities for each phase. I […]

The Ground Floor Phase – How – To – Activity II: The cover story

In one of my posts I shared with you the full framework I use. In this post (and following ones), as I promised, I will share with you activities for each phase. Keep in mind that it works for me; however, it does […]

The Ground Floor Phase – How – To – Activity I: 12 Windows

In the last post I shared with you the full framework. In this post (and following ones), as I promised, I will share with you activities for each phase. The “ground floor” phase: How-To Here is a small refresher of this […]

Extreme Makeover – Performance Appraisal Edition – A Framework (First Draft)

Hello, after some context in this post series about Performance Appraisal, I will start to share the framework and what I did in later years to avoid the unpleasant effects from traditional performance appraisals. In this post, I will share […]

Performance appraisal: Hero or Villain?. The context – Part 2

As I promised in the first post of the series, today I will give more context for why I really believe that performance appraisals, as we know them today, are not working at all. All that you will read here […]

Performance appraisal: Hero or Villain?. The context – Part 1

If you often read books about performance appraisals, management, and soft skill development, maybe you will not find a lot of new things here. My intention is to write down all that I have experienced about performance appraisals in my […]

Recruiting process: What are you doing?

Hello, Today, as I promised; here is the second post about building a high performance team. I will develop “the selection”. First of all, I will try to remember my first formal hiring process around 1998. I also recognize that I have […]

What do you need to build a team?

Hello, A long time ago, when I got my first manager’s position, I had a lot of questions. As a technical guy, I asked myself if this position was for me. “Should I continue doing code?” “Should I only aspire […]