leadership – 3 articles

A lot of tech people are leaders – Podcast

Peter Brouwers, Peter Paul van de Beek, on 3-06-2021
Category: Podcast Tags: leadership Carreer

Writing an article is reflection, publishing it is getting feedback Learning from our colleagues. That is important to us. So, we were delighted when we found another great piece of this on LinkedIn, Elinore shared. to inspire others who are thinking of transitioning from tech into a leadership role or are just curious about my experiences and thoughts. The transition from tech into a leadership role is actually a very hot topic and not only within bol.com. We learn this from the job interviews when candidates ask us about career…

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Our agile journey so far – Part 5: Sustaining the change

Menno Vis, on 1-11-2017
Category: Blog, Culture, Development Tags: Agile Scrum devops Culture leadership

This is the fifth and last post about our growth story. You’ve read about the history of bol.com and the process they made to reach their goal: landing on the moon. Now we’ve come to the final chapter.

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Our agile journey so far – Part 4: Servant leaders

Menno Vis, on 23-08-2017
Category: Blog, Culture, Development Tags: Agile Scrum devops leadership

This is the fourth post about our growth story. In the previous blog post we explained how bol.com realized an organizational change with YBIYRIYLI (You build it, you run it, you love it). Now it’s time to take a closer look at the more personal part. How can a company make sure employees stay happy and motivated? What does it take to be a leader in a company with autonomous teams? And how did bol.com take on this challenge?

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