Now that you have hired or promoted a first-time manager, these are the 10 things I do to help you set them up for success. A study by Gartner showed that 60% of new managers fail within the first 24
The Two Ds for Emerging Leaders of High-Performing Teams Emerging Leaders know that they need to assign work, but many times don’t have a framework for doing so. Emerging Leaders are both frustrated and surprised that managing their team isn’t
What You Can’t Delegate and Why You Can’t. Leaders who attend my Delegation Master workshops learn about delegation so that they can make room for higher-level thinking. But, sometimes these same leaders have gotten overeager and go beyond what they
3 Delegation Strategies for Technology Teams Delegation isn’t an exciting leadership skill. Sure, delegation is necessary, but we’ve got too much to do to spend time thinking about a delegation strategy. Well, that’s exactly the reason why we have too
Dealing with the aftermath when a technical leader leaves your organization. This is a continuation of a series I started two episodes ago about what New Leaders In Tech Need Now. Two episodes ago was about preparing your star performer
Transforming your struggling leader to a star performer again. What do you do when a star performer on your team, whom you have rewarded with a promotion in your technology organization is now struggling in their new leadership role? Senior
What do new leaders in technology need now? How can you prepare your star performer for a leadership role? Senior leaders who are struggling with leading teams of technology managers and leaders typically: Consider rewarding their star performers with increasing
Today I’m sharing the 4 Pillars of an Authentic Leader. These are the 4 basic pillars necessary to lead high-performing technology teams. I talk a lot about frustrated leaders. I know frustrated leaders because I was the poster child for
Today’s episode is about, the top mistakes technology leaders make with training programs, and what to do instead. This is a real topic that I work through with the leaders I work with. There are performance issues on the team
Part of the 7 Disciplines of Authentic Leaders framework is self-leadership. A big part of leading myself is continuous learning and books are a terrific source to do just that. One of my favorite quotes is from Charlie “Tremendous” Jones