Recently I took on a contract as Fractional CTO for a small startup. Very small…
I am at the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference this week, hanging out with software quality folks and enjoying the talks and company in Portland, OR.
It is filled with testers, QA managers, Test Engineers, Quality Engineers, Quality Directors and others with similar titles.
I’ll keep this brief. The most surprising part of last week’s leadership training simulation was when someone asked me: Are you really a clueless manager, or are you playing a role?
I was chatting with my general contractor, and the subject of offering feedback to team members came up. See if this sounds familiar.
He said, “I get soooooo sick of nagging them to do things right, I feel like I’m constantly complaining…
Last week my wife, Amy, and I ran fifteen technical leaders through two days of leadership simulations, evoking laughter, conflict and even a few tears. The situations may have been fake, but the emotions were real.
I’m leading a Technology Leadership workshop in San Jose at Velocity Conference this week. Thanks to the Experiential Learning Bundle by Jerry Weinberg (and his generosity to walk me through them), I’m pleased to report the first day went very well.
Casey asked this question today:
“I find that taking on these clients makes it more stressful for everyone in the long run, but sales will take them on anyway…for the sale. I’d like to think to curate our clientele…
Does this sound familiar?<start>January: “, I’m super excited to hire your team to build this. Let’s do it! When do we start?”
February: “Hey, I’m too busy to meet this week. Just email over what you have, and…
Quick trick question:Which is more important when running your team: being task focused or relationship focused?
Of course, you know they both matter. As a technical leader, you can’t afford to neglect either one.
