Status Hero Team Communication
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You're Not Communicating Enough with Your Team
tl;dr- It’s your job as manager to share information with your team. If they are kept in the dark, rumors and uneasiness settle in, and that’s on you. Default to over-communication so that your team stays aware of critical info. For bigger messages, align your... Read more >
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How to Dial-In a Productive Slack Configuration
We’ve been using Slack for a over a year now at Status Hero HQ. After quite a bit of trial and error, we think we’ve hit upon a setup that favors productivity over distraction. In this post, we’ll show you how to dial-in a productive... Read more >
Productivity & Estimation
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Create Better Software Delivery Estimates by Having Your Team Track Daily Goals
Ever been way off on a software delivery estimate? Wished you could more accurately predict when a project or feature would be ready to ship? Of course you have. Most thrashing and trouble that I’ve witnessed in software — that isn’t design or experience related — is the result... Read more >
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Daily Goals and Software Teams: Why and How
One thing. Per day. People who make stuff, like programmers, writers, and designers, are limited to working on one or two intellectual tasks per day. That’s it. You might hear otherwise from developers on your team, compounding the difficulties of figuring out when you might... Read more >
Leadership & Management
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How To Fix a Broken Team
tl;dr - If your team is broken, it’s (mostly) your fault. Take a deep breath, figure out the issues, and develop plans to solve them with help from your team. It’s not too late. People are checked out. Projects are slipping. High performers are leaving... Read more >
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People and places, not time zones and offsets
Do you work in a command control center with a bank of analog clocks covering the south wall, each with an official looking placard designating which far-flung city it’s assigned to? Neither do I. But I still need the data, and most likely you do too,... Read more >
People & Culture
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Monday Routines: Dave Gerhardt, Director of Marketing at Drift
Welcome to another installment of “Monday Routines,” in which software people like you recount their Monday rituals. The goal is to peer into their day-to-day patterns and habits as they lead teams, collaborate, and deliver great software. Hopefully you’ll discover a tidbit or two to... Read more >
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Monday Routines: Patrick Campbell, CEO of Price Intelligently
This is the third installment of “Monday Routines,” in which software people like you recount their Monday rituals. The goal is to peer into their day-to-day patterns and habits as they lead teams, collaborate, and deliver great software. Hopefully you’ll discover a tidbit or two... Read more >