Category : People Managers

in Agile, News and events, People Managers, Team, Life @ Pyxis

Agility could have an impact on your career.

Image by nelsondownsIn upcoming weeks, we will announce that we are aggressively recruiting. That in itself is very traditional―many organizations are hiring―but the context in which we are recruiting is somewhat different from what it used to be in the past.
First, we are looking to hire over 20 people in coming months to help organizations adopt innovative methods in an attempt to dramatically increase performance. The roles are varied. We are looking for senior consultants (Agile organizational coach, Agile team coach and Scrum Master), software developers and administrative staff (Communication, marketing, and branding manager and Director of the consulting services division). More positions will be added shortly.

If your current job or workplace no longer allows you to grow professionally (let alone personally) or if you are truly looking for a new challenge, you may consider taking a look at over 10 positions currently available.

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in Agile, Agile Manager, Agile leader, Management, People Managers

Managers’ conundrum – Where do I draw the line?

Image by Lars PlougmannPeter shows up for the team meeting 5 minutes late. Is that OK?

Cynthia delivers 8 of the 9 tasks she committed to complete. Is this a problem?

Patrick misses his revenue target by 0.5%. Should we accept that?

As managers, we are paid to make sure people deliver on what they committed to. This is what I define as “integrity” – say what you’ll do and do what you said. Making sure people operate with integrity is a tough job!

Let’s go back to our original 3 questions. What would you have done? Accept the situation or do something about it?

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in Employees, Agile leader, Management, People Managers, Performance

Dirigeants d’entreprises avant-gardistes

J’ai fréquemment l’opportunité de discuter avec des leaders d’entreprises. Plusieurs d’entre eux sont innovateurs par leurs produits, leurs services ou leurs processus opérationnels et c’est stimulant d’échanger avec eux.

J’ai aussi le privilège, moins souvent cependant, d’échanger avec des dirigeants d’entreprises avant-gardistes par leur gestion des employés. Contrairement à la majorité des entreprises qui considèrent leurs employés comme des ressources humaines, les dirigeants avant-gardistes travaillent avec des êtres humains et comptent sur eux pour atteindre le succès.

Si vous croyez que ressources humaines et êtres humains sont la même chose, vous ne vous qualifiez probablement pas comme un dirigeant avant-gardiste. Désolé!

À mon avis, il y a plusieurs facteurs qui distinguent l’approche de gestion des dirigeants avant-gardistes des autres gestionnaires plus traditionnels. Je vous partage certaines de mes observations.
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