Honesty
By upbringing and inclination I have a tendency to straightforward communication.
I’ve never seen anything good come from being dishonest with colleagues, clients, customers, or suppliers.
In a project management or team leadership context clear, honest communication is absolutely essential.
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Professionalism
I have a firm belief that people operating in a professional environment should employ professional principles.
The job is there to be done in an efficient manner to the required level of quality.
Best practice for project management, team leadership, documentation and communication should be used.
One of my soap boxes is the management, agreement and documentation of requirements.
If you haven’t defined what you’re going to do, how do you know how to test it - or even when you’ve finished!
Don’t leave “dead rats” lying around hoping someone else will pick them up - pick them up and deal with them.
Don’t “clock watch”, but draw a balance between leaving at an appropriate time and getting the job done.
Teamwork
Nobody acts in isolation and trying to do so will simply cause the project to fail.
Generating and maintaining a sense of “team” is critical to the success of any technical venture.
Good things must propagate into the team, bad things stick with the team leader - that’s the job.
People’s strengths, ambitions and desires for progression must be recognised and supported.
The team leader or project manager must lead from the front whilst letting others own their tasks.
Enjoyment
We all spend far to many hours at work for it to be acceptable to dread going in.
It is completely possible for a group to generate high volumes of high quality work whilst enjoying themselves.
Working with a sense of fun in an atmosphere where it’s okay to laugh together is highly motivating.
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Hon-est-y [on-uh-stee]
1. the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
2. truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness.
3. freedom from deceit or fraud.
Pro-fes-sion-al-ism [pruh-fesh-uh-nl-iz-uhm]
1. professional character, spirit, or methods.
2. the standing, practice, or methods of a professional,
as distinguished from an amateur.
That’s not my job!
Team-work [Teem-wurk]
1. cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group
of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of
a common cause.
2. work done with a team.
En-joy-ment [en-joi-muh nt]
1. the act of enjoying.
2. the possession, use, or occupancy of anything with
satisfaction or pleasure
3. a particular form or source of pleasure:
