Emotional Intelligence is largely seen as being more important than IQ when it comes to being a great leader. Explore the ways EI can affect both leaders and team dynamics in this first part of a 2 part series. Part 1 of a 2 – Part Installment “If you show people you don’t care, they’ll …
From vague user stories to differences in personal styles, learning how to deal with ambiguity is important for tech leaders. My first Manager in Testing was the famous author, Cem Kaner. He taught me many things that still impact my work decades later. One quote from him that has always stuck with me is: “Software …
HR issues can be detrimental to a work teams productivity. So it’s important to have HR knowledge and a resource to help you navigate these waters. Handling “HR issues” well may in fact save your life and build your career. I have a friend who works at a Silicon Valley Tech/Media company. No, not a …
HR issues will negatively impact team dynamics. HR can send shivers down the spine of many Tech Team Leaders. They are a complicated set of topics, especially for people and technology. Geeks have always posed unique issues and many small tech companies and start-ups do not have a strong centralized HR team but continue to distribute …
A practical approach to building culture in a modern work environment Working as a Lead or Manager or simply being a team leader has always had its pitfalls. Today they are more numerous, multi-faceted and more perilous for you.
It’s helpful to be able to identify the types of reporting relationships within the workplace In an office workplace with reporting relationships there is a sense— if not a clear delineation— of who the more senior person is, or the person being “answered to.”
There has been much written about managing knowledge workers. Now there is a dissection between managing knowledge workers and the specialties of managing IT/software development staff with further breakdown to managing millennials.
For leaders and managers in the post Agile development world there has been a fundamental shift in how staff are managed, directed and supported. This shift is catching up with the modern management theory that has been around for the last 50 years which was only really theorized for many people and not actually …
I have been leading and managing software projects for a long time. Measuring the product and process has always caused great consternation. At its worst we measured everything that we could possibly measure. We measured so many things that, in the end, I always doubted whether it led to higher quality software, or process improvement, when in …
Every leader knows having a fully trained staff is essential to productivity, employee satisfaction, teamwork, and just getting the job done! This is particularly true today in technology for many reasons. I want to focus on three ideas. 1.Training for training’s sake: Training to keep up with tech changes Training as a tool for better employees …
