management
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Pandemic Problems
→: Pandemic ProblemsFor the past couple of months, I’ve kept a post it on my desk. It says: How are people doing? – Downtime– Social isolation– Perspective You can probably guess what it’s for – it’s a reminder of the core struggles I’ve been noticing from people. Downtime: downtime is lower quality, and people struggle to recharge.…
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Podcast: Ray Wenderlich / Living By the Code Series
→: Podcast: Ray Wenderlich / Living By the Code SeriesI recorded a podcast based on my Living By the Code interview, and got spicy talking about inclusion, equity, and sponsorship. We also talked about Glowforge, books I love, and what new managers need. [iTunes] [Spotify]
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Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process
→: Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making processMy latest for LeadDev… A common area where managers fail to scale is in decision-making. The two extremes are: being responsible means making all decisions and enabling a team means staying out of details and letting them make decisions. Both of these are bad. One is controlling and fails to scale for obvious reasons. The other fails to…
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As an engineering leader, should you be working with a coach?
→: As an engineering leader, should you be working with a coach?Following on from our recent video, my friend Jean and I did a little AMA on the same topic – coaching. You can read the write up here.
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Lead Time Chat
→: Lead Time ChatMy friend Jean and I recorded a little video for her Lead Time Chat series on the topic of coaching. Some topics we covered… The difference between an external coach and a manager. Working with an external coach across multiple jobs. Finding a good fit with a coach. Whether an engineering background is what you…
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Panel: Recognizing and rectifying your mistakes as an engineering leader
→: Panel: Recognizing and rectifying your mistakes as an engineering leaderLast month I put together a panel for the Lead Dev on recognizing and rectifying your mistakes as an engineering leader. I rarely moderate panels, but for this audience and this topic I was in! The big failure of most panels is that they are full of abstract platitudes. To avoid that – especially on…
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Contravariance Podcast
→: Contravariance PodcastI recorded an episode of Contravariance podcast, on the topic of moving into management – the expected, and unexpected, the hard and the extra hard. [Listen] [Download]
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Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’
→: Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’My first post for the LeadDev… Many teams have the same fear when it comes to a new manager: they fear the process monster. Process monster (n): a manager for whom the answer is always, always ‘process’. The process monster will add more and more processes to the team until the team collapses under the…
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Supermanagers Podcast
→: Supermanagers PodcastI recorded an episode of the Supermanagers podcast and it was really fun! We talked about many things including the importance of coachability, why you should get rid of your boring meetings, and the worst manager I ever had. Listen on: [iTunes] [Spotify] [Google Play] [Anchor]