Leadership & Teams Series
Leading engineers without leaving the code: priorities, trust, and the hard conversations.
8 parts
- 1
Responsibilities of a Tech Lead
It's not a promotion. It's a role change.
The Trident Career Model by Patrick Kua has three tracks. Each track represents where people spend most of their time or energy.
- 2
Red Work vs Blue Work
Managing the two kinds of work
Blue Work and Red Work are concepts that David Marquet describes in his book 'Leadership is Language. Both require different mindsets and both have different languages.
- 3
The Path to Seniority in Software
How to become a Senior Software Developer?
Real seniority goes beyond job titles. It's about impact, mentoring others, owning outcomes, and raising the bar for your entire team.
- 4
The Beauty of Leadership
Team Lead? Tech Lead? What is leadership and what is not?
Leadership is action, not a title. It has nothing to do with management or hierarchy. What it really means and how anyone can lead.
- 5
Great Leadership
Leadership starts within your own life and behaviour
As organizations grow, leaders must shift focus from customers to employees. Key principles for scaling leadership effectively.
- 6
How Do You Get Everyone on Board?
How do you deal with people reluctant to change?
I was invited to the WeAreDevelopers World Congress to give a tech talk about my experience with Extreme Programming and the profound benefits of embracing change in your work and life.
- 7
Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing
Tuckman's Model to drive a team to high performance
Embarking on the path to high team performance involves understanding Tuckman's Model, a roadmap through the stages of forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. In this blog post, we explore practical strategies for each stage, empowering leaders and team members to cultivate collaboration, manage conflicts, and achieve true synergy.
- 8
Working With the Garage Door Open
Visibility is passive, signal is not
Working in the open lets people help while the work is still shapeable. But an open door is passive. The real skill is pushing the right signal to the right room.