Tag: Personal Development

“Developers don’t like development plans” and other bullshit I’ve heard.

If you think personal development plans are too much work. You are a negligent manager. And quite possibly an arsehole. I was recently amazed to hear another engineering manager say “I don’t know why we bother with these personal development plans; developers don’t like development plans.” My initial thought was…

Comfort Zones: Pushing Your Team to Greatness, One Step at a Time.

Being outside of your comfort zone is, well, uncomfortable. However, it’s a place where there are creative things to learn and excellent growth opportunities. So how do you support your team take their first steps into a world so loved by shouty management gurus? I could jump-start this post with…