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Nudge Nudge
Wink wink, nudge nudge. Sometimes, good coaching boils down to that. Can you do it for your people? Are you lacking some of it yourself? Here's the truth about commons...
Because You Can
You know how some animals do certain things just because they can? You might be pulling off the startup equivalent. Are you wasting opportunities or stressing yourself...
Senior Coaching
Coaching your seniors requires some senior coaching skills. Don't just leave them assuming "they're good." That's neglecting them. In this episode, we cover the ways y...
Your Boundaries
Asking people to work during the weekend, even when you know the issue isn't that big a deal? Agreeing to be dishonest? This week we're tackling how you might be creat...
It's Gonna Cost You
All of a sudden, many tech executives find themselves weighing costs at a whole different scale. Build vs. buy decisions that would show up once a year now happen once...
Empty Values
Empty values are like empty calories. They might make you feel good for a second, but in the long term they are harmful. Are you playing pretend with your values, unaw...
Creative Constraints
Your team's not a bunch of chickens; you need not aim at making them "free range." Sometimes, leadership is precisely about limits, constraints, and guidance. You'll b...
Someone Like You
As amazing as you are, I'm sure, you'll never create an organization that's filled with people who'll do everything just like you would. The concept of minions never w...
Good to Better to Great
Good to great. Sure thing. But, frankly, you probably need to aim at *better* first. This episode is about gaining that momentum and getting that flywheel going! Grab ...
No Handwaving
This week's podcast episode covers, in just eight minutes, how you can (and should) adjust Kent Beck's "call it" trick for TDD to your leadership toolbox. Let your thu...
Time To Dream
Boring leaders tend to be overly focused on what's directly in front of them. You can do better. Think bigger. Take a second and set your sights on something genuinely...
Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic
Are you doing what actually matters or sticking your head in the sand and thinking you can focus on "your stuff" even as everything around you is crumbling down? More ...
Healthy Friction
We don't need to make everything smoother and easier. In fact, some friction is good, and ensuring it's there will benefit your team. More in this week's episode! Grab...
Documentation Absurdity
I find it absurd that for years, tech leaders and senior engineers didn't put into writing their different decisions, approaches, assumptions, ways of operating, and m...
Slow Down to Ramp Up
If you're not giving your team enough margin, don't be surprised that things aren't improving fast enough (or at all, for that matter). Not every delay is bad. Sometim...
Dishonesty
You might be convincing yourself otherwise, but many tech leaders end up acting like a sleazy technician or car salesperson. Where we draw the line regarding our disho...
Skill Stacking
To build a stable organization and help your people's growth (and your own), you need to ensure that skills are being accumulated in some general order and plan. That'...
Debugging Attitude
Is your team's attitude not where you'd like it to be? Lacking a sense of urgency, or maybe not being accountable enough? Whatever it is, here are the first four steps...
Servitude Leadership
Misguided thinking leads to burned-out leaders and engineers who don't realize their potential and don't reach proper seniority. You can do better, for them and for yo...
Coaching Desert
Many tech leaders rarely get proper coaching from the CEO. Don't keep bashing your head against that wall, and don't get lost in the coaching desert. Take control of y...
Getting Help
Realizing that you could benefit from help is the first step, but if you don't know how to ask for it, you're not likely to get it. This week's episode is about saying...
Learning Organizations
We all say we want a learning organization, but how do you actually set up your team to do that? This week's episode is about ensuring you're not the obstacle in your ...
Free Buffet
Ever found yourself piling food on your plate(s) because you were in a free buffet? That's what some teams have started doing with the new capabilities they got from A...
All Talk No Action
If your main lens for the outside world and the industry is based on social media and LinkedIn, you're probably getting a very distorted view of reality. It can be dep...
Axioms That Aren't
There are laws of nature, and then there are the things that we tell ourselves are fixed, yet really aren't. How many of the walls around you are of your own doing? Le...
Replacing People
Experience tells that on most engineering teams, there's someone underperforming, either due to a mistake you made or inherited. The question is, what are you going to...
Things Left Unsaid
What you're holding out on saying is holding you back. How many months have you wasted not opening your mouth? How many opportunities? How much frustration has been bu...
The Plan
Are you merely winging it, or did you take a second to consider what you're doing and where you're headed? Being mindful for a few minutes could make all the differenc...
Bringing Your Whole Self
When we censor ourselves and parts of our personality too much at work, it shows. Your team can feel that there's a barrier. Your peers will sense it. Can you unleash ...
No
As we're starting the year, people instinctively choose all the things they want to do. It's like piling our plates at a buffet. But that's a sure-fire way to lose you...
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