Articles like this are important to keep my mind actively thinking about how I do management. It is really easy to fallback to a "natural" management style when things are crazy busy, and it feels like you are struggling just to keep your head above water.

I like these, because they let me take a moment and step back and think about how I am doing and what parts I can change.

I do try to do the 1-on-1 meetings pretty often, and we do the team wide meetings more often, than he suggests. We've had big swings in positive and negative news over the course of a week, and having meetings that regularly keeps everyone in the loop.