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36 steps to success as technical lead
The “tech lead” role can be treacherous at times. While the name implies “leadership“, most of the times it doesn’t come with implied authority like a manager role for example. It often happens that this role is in a no-man’s-land where it brings a lot of responsibility but not enough formal authori...
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Negative Attitudes are a Cancer to Successful Teams
Team members with a negative attitude are thieves, robbing the team of its potential, its moral, and often its success.
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Agile Leadership and Coaching (Development Manager’s Need to grow up!)
With modern business needs changing at a rapid pace, software development must respond in tandem. Agile Development Methodologies promote responding to change, by balancing order and chaos. This is an art form more than it is a practice. All too often have I chatted with development managers who hav...
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Agile Leadership and Coaching (Development Manager’s Need to grow up!)
How an agile manager should be today.
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Eat Your Own Dog Food
This is a simple technique. Avoid the ivory tower speak and put your ideas into practice. Notice I didn't say to have your team put your ideas into practice. The best leaders are those who lead by example. The rest are simply managers. Be creative and be edgy, but never forget where the rubber m...