Deconstructing the myth of workaholics in web teams

Deconstructing the myth of workaholics in web teams

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  Deconstructing the myth ofworkaholism in web teams
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  A badge ofhonor?
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  Definition
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  Definition Working for 10or 12 or 14 or even more hours per day, weekends included, for a few months.
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  Definition (who isn’t) Businessowners
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  Definition (who isn’t) Freshmen
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  On good webteams
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  On good webteams Good teams win!
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  On good webteams Synergy
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  On good webteams A sensitive ecosystem
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  On good webteams The frightening invisible bonds grown among team members (Spoiler: Barcelona)
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  On good webteams 40 hours/week are enough (Startups included) -bit.ly/GJ0uxW -bit.ly/17u5VOS
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  On good webteams Workaholics break: - synergy - the invisible bonds - 40hrs/week -bit.ly/GJ0uxW -bit.ly/17u5VOS
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  The profile ofa workaholic
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  The profile ofa workaholic The next door nerd With no personal life
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  Insecurity Low self esteem,antagonism, authoritarianism, fear of failure, perfectionism etc The profile of a workaholic
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  Power and moneyis the antidote A need to constantly prove to themselves and to others their superiority The profile of a workaholic
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  An addiction withbad consequences The profile of a workaholic -bit.ly/tme5jb
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  The attractiveness of workaholics
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  The attractiveness ofworkaholics Why bosses love workaholics
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  The attractiveness ofworkaholics Case study: A committed lead programmer
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  The attractiveness ofworkaholics Case study: A project manager with guts
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  The fake glowof workaholism
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  The fake glowof workaholism A shortsighted, not very smart strategy
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  The fake glowof workaholism > A shortsighted strategy Skott Berkun: Simply outworking other people can have a negative effect on others: that 5x improvement may create a -2x impact on everyone else: if the star demoralizes others and goes out of his way to embarrasses them with his talent, morale and productivity are sure to drop. -bit.ly/109b4xD
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  Even the mostproductive employees can't keep working with such intensity for too long The fake glow of workaholism > A shortsighted strategy
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  The fake glowof workaholism It stimulates people express even worse parts of their personality
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  When a teamstruggles to cope with an impossible project, its members tend to become fighters. This incredible pressure reduces dramatically the overall quality of work and people start competing with each other. The fake glow of workaholism > The worst parts
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  The team istransformed into a herd and the project fails. The fake glow of workaholism > The worst parts
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  A bitter end: theteam is broken and its members are deranged The fake glow of workaholism
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  Not all workaholicsare bad people but... the worst ones will first appear as workaholics The fake glow of workaholism
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  A badge ofshame
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  Working with workaholics
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  Follow the others Workingwith workaholics
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  Stand your ground Gottastay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise. If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze? Pink Floyd - Dogs Fighting workaholism
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  Fighting workaholism
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  To business owners (withlove):
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  Fighting workaholism Do youdare to create and lead a real team? Stop burning people out
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  Workaholism and workinghard are two fucking different things Fighting workaholism
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  Fighting workaholism Cut thebullshit, please
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  Fire the Workaholics -bit.ly/Iq4Lz
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  Yiannis Konstantakopoulos porcupinecolors.com twitter.com/yiannis_k