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27Apr 202314 Jun 2023

Scaling for Small and Medium Technology Companies

I’ve noticed many articles, books, and blog posts for Technology Leadership / Management are written by people who now or…

16Sep 201815 Jun 2023

Software Engineering Leadership

Software Engineer leadership is where you lead/manage a number of software engineers, directly or via another manager(s). Your title could…

19Mar 20182 Dec 2018

Leadership by Example

This blog post is a continuation from a previous one called Leading Leaders “We must be the change we wish…

Showing Accountability – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018

Own your own shit, give feedback direct, respect failure, learn from failure, share failure “Implementing Extreme Ownership requires checking your ego and operating with a high degree of humility. Admitting…

Being humble (checking your ego) – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018

Balance your ego/confidence with humility, realize you are not always right, listen “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Confidence…

Showing Appreciation – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018

Thank people for their work, Celebrate the wins, show appreciation during failure "Recognition is largely about behavior. Appreciation focuses on performance plus the employee's value as a person. Recognition is…

Change Management…

Being Transparent – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018

Share information, be proactive, focus on messaging and who knows the plan “Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.” — Brené Brown, Daring Greatly There's nothing worse, than the feeling that leaders…

Showing Empathy – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 201812 Feb 2019

Pay attention, be vulnerable, respond/acknowledge and care for others “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”— Theodore Roosevelt We are not robots or even…

Being Authentic – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20184 Jun 2019

You are human, they are human, share life, its joys and horrors “Authentic Leaders are not afraid to show emotion and vulnerability as they share in the challenges with their…

Approachability – Leadership by Example

9 Jul 20182 Dec 2018

Make it safe to approach you, give time to be approached, be present and follow up “Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the…

Communcation…

Leadership by Example

19 Mar 20182 Dec 2018

This blog post is a continuation from a previous one called Leading Leaders "We must be the change we wish to see in the world" Mahatma Gandhi Everything you do…

Eric Brooke Strength Finders Feb 2018

12 Feb 20182 Dec 2018

So as part of a team building exercise I redid my Strength Finders 2.0. It had changed. Here is my previous one Whilst three strengths were the same (in bold),…

Communcation…

Leading leaders

21 Jan 20181 May 2023

Maybe you are a Director, a Head of X or a Vice President, and you now own a department or multiple teams. Moving from a front line leader i.e managing Individual…