The Strategic What Podcast
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The Strategic What Podcast
Looking for ways to be more productive, inspire your team, better plan your projects? The Strategic What Podcast is for anyone who is working on the trenches and now needs to become a better leader. My ultimate objective is to help you regain control of your projects and deliver better results. L...
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SWP 075: Implementing Toyota Kata Starter
Toyota Kata Starter: What are the main management aspects you should consider when implementing this methodology?
I’m starting a new series on m...
SWP 074: The Problem isn’t PowerPoint
What’s the best way to make a presentation to executive management?
You frustrated you are dragging your feet to prepare presentations to upper...
SWP 072: Dealing with the Fear of Change
In this episode, we'll be talking about how hard is to change. We always want to change something in our lives, to get to a new place. But from the po...
SWP 071: Dealing with a conflict averse boss
In this episode, we discuss how to deal with an extremely appeasing boss, often called overly democratic or even conflict adverse leader.
This i...
SWP 070: Things can be done in different ways
In this episode, we're going to talk about the need to know that the things you do can be achieved in different ways. In the technical field, there is...
SWP 069: The one thing I would recommend
In this episode, I’ll discuss three productivity books I read recently and my opinion about them.
Here it goes the good, the bad and the ugly:
SWP 068: Communication is not coordination
Making everyone talk to each other is enough to coordinate your team?
A scenario that is way too common. A team doesn’t communicate internally a...
SWP 067: Reporting to an overwhelmed boss? Here are some tips!
How to deal with a overwhelmed boss at work?
First things first, you can’t change anyone. Don’t try to change your manager.
Understand you...
SWP 066: Feeling Overwhelm? Here are three suggestions!
Are you feeling overwhelmed managing your team?
In this episode I’ll give you some things you should considered when you feel overwhelmed at wor...
SWP 065: How to Lead Through Layoffs
How to Lead Through Layoffs?
Recently, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta announced the layoff of tens of thousands of technology workers. Now y...
SWP 064: What’s your objective again?
Many times we set objectives and forget about them. We end up never doing them, but we start to feel frustrated we can’t get anything accomplished. In...
SWP 063: How to Implement Processes in Your Organization
In this episode I provide you a way to develop a repository of processes in your organization. I discuss what I would do specifically if I were to sta...
SWP 062: Is Your Team Quiet Quitting on You?
What should you about quiet quitting in your organization?
In this Monday’s brief, I provide you some quick tips on how to deal with the quiet q...
SWP 061: How to Create a Skill Development Program
Looking for a way to create a skill development plan to further develop competencies in your organization?
In this episode, I discuss the big my...
SWP 060: The Art of Reframing
How to reframe difficult situations?
Reframing is changing an experience by putting another frame around it. It's like seeing things from a diff...
SWP 059: When Not to Delegate
What should you not delegate?
There are situations when delegating will makes things worst. Most of the time you will be the one who will be mak...
SWP 058: Guess What? Plans Change…
How to deal with strategic changes in your project?
The world has changed, but your plan is still the same. That’s what normally happens when...
SWP 057: Limit Your Availability and Get More Done
How can you limit your availability to get more work done?
If you are tired of being interrupted at work, learn 8 ways you can limit your availa...
SWP 056: Stop Treating NDAs like Used Napkins
Do you think these corporate confidentiality contracts can really bite you?
Yes, they can and you should be aware of the implication of signing...
SWP 055: How to See the Big Picture
How to see the big picture when things are going down the drain?
Learn how you can recover when one of your most important projects is g...
SWP 054: Working While Mourning
How to work with someone who is grieving?
In this episode, I reflect about how to help someone in your team who is grieving and is copin...
SWP 053: Are You on Your Element?
At work, do you feel more like fish outside the water? Or do you feel you are someone who is fully engaged on what you are working on?
I...
SWP 052: Broken Things Never Fix Themselves
Do you think problems can solve themselves?
In this episode I share a story from my development days regarding an intermittent problem that taug...
SWP 051: No One Misses Dinosaurs
If you are managing change, listen to this episode.
Some people are afraid of changing things. I know...
In this episode, I share a story...
SWP 050: Celebrating The 50 Episode Milestone
Can you believe we’ve reached our 50th episode?
In this episode, I have a special guest. This person always wanted to know more about my work. S...
SWP 049: More Pressure Doesn't Mean Better Results
Do you think pressuring people will get more done in your project?
When something doesn’t get done, you may think that pressuring people may hel...
SWP 048: Build the Best Transition Plan Ever
What’s the best way to create a transition plan?
In this episode, I’ll share my experience undergoing transitions and provide my advice on how t...
SWP 047: Are Rushed Decisions Causing You Problems?
Are you rushing through decisions and causing your own problems?
Decision making in management – In this episode, learn how to deal wit...
SWP 046: Feeling Like a Broken Record? Learn how to be listened.
How can you stop sounding like a broken record?
You’ve probably been to that situation where you are trying to avoid a major issue, but now one...
Introducing The Strategic What Podcast with Rodrigo Caetano
Hi! I’m Rodrigo Caetano and I’m a technology strategist and advisor.
I care deeply about how you manage your team.
From a virtual location...
SWP 045: Learn How to Drop the Ball
What’s the most important skill you need to learn as a manager?
The biggest misconception people have as new managers is that they need to learn...
SWP 044: How to Avoid "Over-Exceling" in Project Management
What to do when your project spreadsheets are getting too complicated?
Learn what to do when you are managing and things start to get complicate...
SWP 043: Got Promoted? Now What?
What to do when you are promoted?
You did a great job and got promoted. The celebration is over and you are now back to your cubicle realizing w...
SWP 042: Stuck in the Trenches
What to do when you feel stuck in the trenches working for a manager who doesn’t want to grow?
You are an innovator. You enjoy your job. You wan...
SWP 041: Succession Planning – Who is Your Backup?
Who is your backup?
Learn why having a succession plan is important for your team and your career. In this episode, I provide some of my experie...
SWP 040: How to Avoid Burnout
Do you really need to do everything they ask you for?
Learn a few tips on how to avoid burning out with your workload. In this episode, I share...
SWP 039: Three Things You Should Never Delegate
Should you get better at delegating and delegate everything?
The short answer is “No!”. There are specific tasks you should never delegate and y...
SWP 038: Feeling Unlucky? See Things the Way They are
Feeling unlucky?
When something happens to you, what is your reaction? Do you feel lucky? Unlucky?
Listen to this episode and learn that b...
SWP 037: You Can’t Cross the Same River Twice
Heraclitus used to say that you can’t cross the same river twice.
So, you can’t walk into the same door, cross the same bridge or do the same th...
SWP 036: How to Deal with High Conflict Managers
How to deal with high conflict managers?
In this episode, you will learn how to identify if you are working to someone who is merely a bad boss...