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Author: Eric Brooke

I’m deeply curious, love to learn, insightful about people and their psychological makeup, deft at communication, excel at networking, deeply tech-savvy and relish growing others through education and leadership. I am a developer, marketeer, gamer, lover of water slides and ice cream :-)
Leadership…

Software Engineering Leadership

16 Sep 201824 Mar 2021
Software Engineer leadership is where you lead/manage a number of software engineers, directly or via another manager(s). Your title could be Engineering lead, Software Engineer manager, R&D Manager, Director of…
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That you build Trust/psychological safety – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 201828 Feb 2019
Avoid surprises, build creditability, build reliability, show authenticity and share credit “When trust is extended, it breeds responsibility in return. Emulation and peer pressure regulates the system better than hierarchy ever could.”—…
Leadership

That you are Coachable – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018
Good at listening, open to change, able to change, able to let go and good at reflection My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and…
Change Management…

That you make decisions – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018
“Problems cannot be solved by thinking within the framework in which they were created.” — Albert Einstein Let facts drive your decision making, not opinions. As humans we have an…
Community…

That you respect diversity – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018
Diversity brings greater innovation, uniqueness challenges culture to evolve, we share and learn Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations Vulcan Philosophy from Star Trek I am not sure why, but I…
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That you learn and grow – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018
Evolving you, evolving leaders and evolving the team, evolving the strategy, feedback “When you can truly understand how others experience your behavior, without defending or judging, you then have the ability…
Leadership…

Stability (Protecting your Mental Health) – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 201820 Mar 2019
Understand how you react under stress, moving beyond, buy time, process, leave When overwhelmed or under stress most of us rely on more "basic" approaches to problems, which is not…
Leadership

Good at Influencing others – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018
Avoid the title trap, win win, seek advice, partnership, peers, relationships I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is:…
Leadership

Inspiration – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018
Being a motivator, Advocate for the Business, Be the boss people want to work for, happiness leads to greater productivity, Stress Resistance  Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion an inspire…
Communcation…

Clear Communication – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 201828 Feb 2019
Explicit communication vs Implicit communication, Change, Be present, Public Speaking Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody…

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