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Soft Skills for Hard People: Embracing Modern Leadership

Organizational change is only possible through personal transformations of individuals. The Hero’s Journey shows us how to achieve this.

Dec 21, 2019

Soft Skills for Hard People: Embracing Modern Leadership

Dec 21, 2019

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How To Explain Technical Debt To Executives. Hint: It’s Not Technical.

We need to build bridges between engineering and business culture within the organization.

Nov 19, 2019

How To Explain Technical Debt To Executives. Hint: It’s Not Technical.

Nov 19, 2019

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Build Your Professional Network Quickly and Easily With These Simple Tips

Job searching, fundraising, hiring, or selling. It’s all about networking. Here is how to effectively build the best possible network.

Aug 26, 2019

Build Your Professional Network Quickly and Easily With These Simple Tips

Aug 26, 2019

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Leaders, The Problem Is Not Your Agile Teams — It’s You.

Leaders must be prepared to look beyond just “shipping code faster” and into why their group of competent, educated teams aren’t working.

Jun 15, 2019

Leaders, The Problem Is Not Your Agile Teams — It’s You.

Jun 15, 2019

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How To Manage Up

One of them most impactful bits of feedback I ever got was when I was interviewing for a VP of Product role at a startup.

May 30, 2019

How To Manage Up

May 30, 2019

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Change Organizations By First Changing Yourself

There is something pretty big that I want to share with you today.

May 28, 2019

Change Organizations By First Changing Yourself

May 28, 2019

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Navigating Difficult Conversations At Work

I used to think it was possible to convince anyone of anything, if you could only explain it clearly enough and provide enough data.

Mar 10, 2019

Navigating Difficult Conversations At Work

Mar 10, 2019

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Leading With Influence When You Lack Authority

Changing organizations requires an understanding of what makes people tick, and why they tend to cluster together around certain ideas.

Mar 2, 2019

Leading With Influence When You Lack Authority

Mar 2, 2019

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How Psychology Affects Your Team’s Throughput and Creativity

Stress will destroy both your productivity and creative problem-solving ability — just the things you and your team need to compete in…

Jan 21, 2019

How Psychology Affects Your Team’s Throughput and Creativity

Jan 21, 2019

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Don’t Start A Company Until You’ve Asked Yourself These Questions

For most startup founders, their key motivation is not the money or the fame of success in business. Rather, they are driven by a core…

Dec 23, 2018

Don’t Start A Company Until You’ve Asked Yourself These Questions

Dec 23, 2018

Sam McAfee

Sam McAfee

I train, coach, and develop technology leadership in startups, small business, and enterprise. I write at StartupPatterns.com/blog now, so head on over.

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