Monthly Archives: February 2011

last day at be2, my career at be2 in a sequence of words

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Posted on February 11, 2011 by Narek Alaverdyan

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About good Leaders, Agile managers and Value Streams

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Posted on February 4, 2011 by Narek Alaverdyan

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.”
Lao Tzu

Throughout our careers, many of us at some point in time take on the responsibilities of leading teams; whether that’s a group of developers or a large IT organisation we need to decide for us how we lead, what values we follow and what we concentrate our efforts on.

Just because you’re being followed doesn’t make you a leader and just because people have to do what you decides doesn’t make you a leader as well.

While talking about traits that are common for good leaders Davidson-Frame mentions “Honest, Empathetic, Inspired, Continue reading →

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