The Art of Managing Software Developers

Phil Haack feels good - very good - after a year at GitHub . He loves the fact that there are no managers, and wonders if this is the way of...

Click here for a new and improved version of this article. Have you seen the animated video called Drive: The surprising truth about what ...

What drives your staff? What motivates them to turn up each day? Some will say it's all about the paycheck. This is undoubtedly true in ...

A few months ago, I suggested there were "five hats" that a Software Development Manager wore in their day to day job. These hats ...

This is a helpful little management technique you can use when you want to change behaviour. It's called "Open The Front Door"...

It's no secret that many people think the Performance Review is sick. After 23 years in industry, I've heard these reviews criticise...

We all know that's true - but how *much* difference, exactly? A study of 23,000 workers in a technology based company has given the a...

I've never read anything like this before... a fascinating and helpful way to look at the business world

I've published a new and improved version of this article on LinkedIn. Click here . I've been developing software professionally f...

We really like lists, don't we? Especially in business articles. The five steps to success. The three things you need to start doing now...