Tag: leading
To get things done, Hygge Companies rely on detailed documentation and atomic iterations that are visible to everyone through issue trackers like GitHub. Mastering this asynchronous workflow …
The importance of feedback Human beings are social by nature. Our inclination to change our behavior in reliance upon feedback from our fellows is a primary evolutionary adaptation …
Peer coaching is a form of learning and development where two team-members work together to reflect on current practices; expand, refine, and build new skills; share ideas; teach one …
Distributed teams need to work together and communicate intensively. Work is always easier when you know the person you’re communicating with. That’s why Hygge Companies not only encourage …
Visiting another country or hiking an unknown trail all by yourself definitely has its advantages. But if you want to get to know all the local tips and tricks, discover the best view-points …
There’s no one to tell you how to organize your day and prioritize important things. Try attention management instead of time management and use time-saving tools and shortcuts. …
Milestone is a SMART goal, that can be split into individual issues for steps and closed at the end of a sprint. It is not a place to collect thematically similar issues (project boards …
Have a plan. However bad it might be. It’s much better to come up with a numbered steps plan and ask people to help you to improve it than make them guess or create one for you. Have …
Project boards is a managing tool to improve visibility of the work progress. All GitHub projects are located on the organisational level. Use spreadsheets view (Beta Boards) for Team …
Hiring Hygge Companies believe in career choices guided by internal curiosity and the desire to do something meaningful. As intrinsic motivation seems to be one of the keys to happy remote …
Hygge Companies hire people not only because they are useful now, but also because they believe in their potential. Working in a Hygge Company provides an opportunity for extremely efficient …
Career development often implies performance surveys. However, there is a rule of a performance survey in Hygge companies: you don’t talk about the performance survey. Besides being a …
Take the initiative It will be difficult to understand how everything works by sitting quietly. There are no marching orders delivered to you on a daily basis, so the only sure way to figure …
This might be counterintuitive, but the receiver is in charge of feedback. They’re the one who decides what to listen to and how to make sense of it. That is why it is important for everyone …
insecure sharing corrective feedback. This is because people are scared of damaging the relationship, being wrong, losing face or hurting concerned individual. Studies prove that corrective …
In a fast-paced world filled with distractions and superficial interactions, engaging in meaningful conversations has become a rare occurrence. With colleagues, family, friends, and even …
Being an effective remote manager is tricky. You have to find the right leadership style that corresponds to your personal values, take care of your team, and make sure that you hit the …
How to make work a better place for your virtual team While all of us come to work every day for various reasons, there are several universal things that make remote work better. In remote …
Situational leadership and how to use it in onboarding and day-to-day team management Leadership is not a one-size-fits-all approach. A leader comes across various types of people and …