5 Leadership Hacks
A talk I gave at Entwicklertag Frankfurt on 24th February 2015.
In the talk I describe five practices, that are directly applicable to a wide range of teams and circumstances, which can help you lead others.
After describing those “hacks” I lay down the fundamentals of why those practices work and how you can take your leadership skills to the next level.
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Slides
Further Reading
The following are some resources and books that go into more detail in some areas I touched upon in the talk.
- My Definition of Mature Developers
- My writing On the Purpose of One on Ones
- John Allspaw - On Being a Senior Engineer
- popforms.com - Influence without Authority
- Software Lead Weekly Newsletter
- Jonathan Klein - Cognitive Biases in Engineering Organizations
Books
- “Notes to a Software Teamlead” by Roy Osherove
- “Leading Snowflakes” by Oren Ellenbogen
- “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg