Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 16 April 2021
Hi, everyone: Thanks for your comments about earlier hiring and feedback posts. I’m taking those responses and getting some help pulling those together,...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 9 April 2021
Hi, everyone: I hope you’ve been well; I’ve had a short week with a 4-day Easter long weekend. Between being recharged for the weekend, and finally having a...
Research Computing Teams - Quarterly Goal Setting and Link Roundup, 2 April 2021
Hi there - if this is a long weekend for you, I hope you’re enjoying it. Last time we spoke a little bit about expectations, and routine feedback to team...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 26 Mar 2021
Hi, all! Last issue, I left you with a couple of models for giving feedback. We had Situation-Behaviour-Impact: “When you presented the proposed plan at the...
Research Computing Teams - Routine Feedback and Link Roundup, 19 Mar 2021
Hi, everyone: This week I want to talk a little bit about giving routine feedback to team members; or you can skip to the roundup. I mentioned last time that...
Research Computing Teams - Performance Communication is Expectations Communication, and Link Roundup, 12 March 2021
Hi, everyone - Here in Toronto we’re enjoying the traditional season of “False Spring”, where a burst of warm weather and blue skies lures the unwary into...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 5 March 2021
Hi! It’s been a big week here - we finally got a long-awaited paper submitted, attended one virtual conference, and are gearing up for another. I hope you...
Research Computing Teams - Job Ads and Link Roundup, 26 Feb 2021
Hi, all! Thanks for your responses to last newsletter. Readers who responded were broadly pretty happy with the all-in-one newsletter, even if gets a little...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 19 Feb 2021
Hi, everyone: I hope you’re doing well! I have two questions for you. This week kind of got away from me - it’s been an exciting couple of weeks, with two...
Research Computing Teams - Evaluating Hiring Requirements and Link Roundup, 12 Feb 2021
Hi! So you’ve got a list of hiring requirements written up - the next step is to think about how to evaluate candidates against the requirements. That’s...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 5 Feb 2021
Hi! I hope you’re having a good week. Below is the continuation of our discussion on hiring, stemming in part from the more formalized pipeline that we’re...
Research Computing Teams - Hiring: Try to Say No, and Link Roundup, 29 Jan 2021
Hi! The good news is that my team, and the larger organization I'm a part of, is going to be growing substantially in the coming year. That’s also the bad...
Research Computing Teams - Stop Doing Things Change Management and Link Roundup, 22 January 2021
Hi, all! This is the last part of the stop doing things challenge - the change management of actually stopping doing something. Or you can skip straight to...
Research Computing Teams - Stop Doing Things Challenge #2, and Link Roundup, 15 Jan 2021
Hi, all: Most of us are now well and truly back into the swing of things; I hope you and your team are doing well. Skip to the roundup Last time we talked...
RCT - The Stop Doing Something Challenge Part 1, Embedding Staff, and Link Roundup, 9 Jan 2021
Hi! Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you had some time over the holidays to rest and recuperate. A lot of us have discovered that it wasn’t enough - we’re...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 18 Dec 2020
Congratulations, everyone; we did it. If you’re at a University, 2020 is now or is soon to be officially at a close. For the rest of us, while there is some...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 11 Dec 2020
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 11 Dec 2020 Hi, everyone! I don’t have anything of my own to share with you this issue, but it’s been an interesting...
Research Computing Teams - Research Infrastructure Funding Stories and Link Roundup, 4 Dec 2020
Hi, everyone: There were two big stories in the news this week about what's possible with sustained research infrastructure funding and what happens when...
Research Computing Teams: Focus, Communications, and Link Roundup, 27 Nov 2020
Hi! I wrote a few weeks ago that, post-pandemic, we in research computing teams are going to have to work to make our value clear to administrations,...
Research Computing Teams: M1 and Link Roundup, 22 Nov 2020
Hi, all: Sorry for the late issue. Between some stuff going on at my end and me still figuring out what a revamped newsletter will look like, this week’s...
