It's been a long time since I have published anything in english. If you are one of my regular readers, you probably will think this kind of unusual. I've received an invitation from Manoel Pimentel to make a small contribution for his new book: The Agile Coaching DNA. I felt really glad and honoured to participate. This article is basically what I wrote for him. The process was simple. He asked me a question and I answered. The answer went into the book. Here is the question: Considering awareness is an essential element to catalyse improvements, what is your favourite practice to help individuals, teams, or entire organisations to become more aware of problems, gaps, needs, emotions, options, actions involved in some change/improvement? Why is it your favourite practice/approach to increase awareness? Could you briefly describe how Agile Coaches can use this practice/approach? I will answer these questions in two parts. First, I’m going to address the systemic probl...
Anyone who owns an SME knows how difficult it is to keep a business running healthy in United Kingdom. This is certainly not an easy task, but when the results of all the effort come, they are equally satisfying. It is the good results that fuel us to overcome all difficulties. But it is clear that during this trajectory, the entrepreneur will have the opportunity to learn a lot, including from their own mistakes . It was with this in mind that we prepared this text for today with the 4 mistakes that your company can never make . After all, making mistakes helps to grow, but you don't need to do that if you already have the information ready in the palm of your hand, do you? So read this post to the end and understand. 1. Not keeping a cashbook is a beginner's mistake A cash book is not just a formality required by your accountant. It is very important for you to be able to have an overview of your company's financial health, without the day-to-day problems getting ...