Sometimes One Is Greater Than Three
Teddy Carroll Teddy Carroll

Sometimes One Is Greater Than Three

What would it look like for your organization to examine all of your 3Ps and remove as many as possible in pursuit of permission? How much and what types of energy could be shifted from bureaucracy to creativity?

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Call Them Anything But Soft
Teddy Carroll Teddy Carroll

Call Them Anything But Soft

They encompass a set of skills that contribute to workplace success within a specific social context. In other words, they are skills that enable us to play nicely with others. And in today’s highly complex and interdependent workplaces, they are essential even in traditional “hard skills” jobs like finance, engineering, and software development.

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5 Non-Traditional Definitions of Leadership
Teddy Carroll Teddy Carroll

5 Non-Traditional Definitions of Leadership

“Did you notice that none of the questions dealt with being or becoming the boss? That’s because leadership isn’t about being in charge. Titles may come with rank and authority, but they too often come without leadership qualities or the knowledge of what good leadership looks like. Simply being in charge is assumed to be enough.”

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Enough Already
Teddy Carroll Teddy Carroll

Enough Already

I have a personal mission of helping people to not hate going to work. I attempt to fulfill that mission by helping organizations become more agile and helping teams and individuals become more resilient and deliver awesome products. These last seven bullets are just the tip of the iceberg of things I care about in trying to do this work. What are the things you care about?

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