PITA 031

Written By randy silver
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  • TOPIC 1 - Recruitment and retention: how are you doing it well right now?

    • They need to perceive progression

    • Recruit within the network

    • Look at the culture and people who are staying vs who is leaving - any root causes for staying or leaving

    • Flexibility options are a big winner

    • Is the tech stack appealing?

    • Take another look at the job ads - are they boring?

    • Best job advert: https://archive.is/aL7rt

  • TOPIC 2 - Ways to manage "strong" personalities - outspoken people in the team with really strong opinions that not everyone else appreciates

    • Try to get the challenging people to recognise the value of hearing more diverse voices- warn them in advance that you will call on the quieter people if loud people dominate

    • Restrict feedback for 24 hours

    • Run a ‘Thinking Round’ - no interruptions, everyone contributes, then move on

    • Model good behaviour - and reward it with your attention/approvals. 

    • Say ‘Thank you, PERSON, but i’d really like to hear from [other person]’

    • Get it Right / Get it Done/ Get Along / Get Credit /  -diagnose the personality type/motivtion

    • Capture and reward good behaviour

    • Liberating Structures - 1/2/4/All Liberating Structures Menu 

    • Thinking Time Slack app Introducing ThinkingTime. Introduction | by Josh Elman | Medium

  • TOPIC 3: Making the transition to Freelance PM - why did you do it, would you do it again, why did you stop?

    • By accident! Yes, if I didn’t find a job I liked, and because i found a job I liked

    • Hard to make a lasting impact/brave decisions and pick up context as a freelancer

    • You don’t get stuck somewhere you don’t want to be

    • No job is actually permanent - you can always leave if it doesn’t work out as expected

    • Working with startups, sometimes they can’t afford you fulltime

  • TOPIC 4: Tips for fostering an environment where there is greater engagement, collaboration, and discussion of the backlog within a software dev team / How to encourage collaboration within product teams in a remote setting?(Cameras off,etc)

    • Is this really a problem? Are we getting results even with this environment?

    • Put people in a situation where they are expected to contribute (ie, a User Story Mapping session)

    • Add in social interactions by design so people see each other as humans more - Donut, team intros, etc

    • Set expectations for contributions and participation; build it into meeting structures - but cater to introvert’s styles

    • How psychologically prepared are people for yet another call WTI Pulse Report Research Proves Your Brain Needs Breaks

  • TOPIC 5: How do I recover from programme prioritisation burnout?

    • Get more hands on - change what you’re doing - to recover & reset

    • Run a retro with senior product people & stakeholders -what did other people think worked and didn’t? How can they help to make it better next time?

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