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Effective Technical Leadership

NeverFriday

Some notes from the Effective Technical Leadership talk given by David Byttow. Attributes of an effective technical lead. Knowledge: “A strong tech lead’s knowledge is broad and deep…A tech lead should be a master of several technologies.” Coach other engineers. ” Decide.

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Article: How Tech Leaders Can Leverage Their Mentoring and Teaching with Coaching

InfoQ Culture Methods

You may have heard about coaching and wondered what it entails and how you might incorporate it into your role. Do you need to have “coach” as part of your job description in order to use coaching skills? This article defines coaching and shows how anybody can use it in their role. By Damon Poole.

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

The transition to tech leadership is a huge challenge. Technical leadership is different. Leading a technical team demands more than just management skills, but also technical prowess, and the ability to navigate the tech world. Remember, that learning is key to success in any leadership position.

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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

In orgs where it’s all about delivering tickets as quickly as possible or obsessing over technology, the culture and results are poorer. Simon Brown taught me how to review architecture diagrams 10 years ago. Equally, it requires people who enjoy constructively reviewing and providing feedback. The same applies to coaching.

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Why Having a Tech Lead or Manager as Scrum Master is a Bad Idea

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Tell them that the role of ScrumMaster is as a servant-leader, coach, and facilitator, navigating the dynamics of the team to ensure Scrum practices are followed and value is delivered effectively. This aspect of servant leadership also entails fostering an environment where the team can be self-organizing and efficient.

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How engineering managers can effectively support engineers, teams, and organizations

CircleCI

It is a mix of hands-on coding, technical leadership and decision making, process and project management, product oversight, people management, finding and hiring talent … the list goes on. Research from performance coach and trainer Paloma Medina exposes six core needs humans have (including at work). Coach engineers.

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Unleashing the power of generative AI: Verisk’s journey to an Instant Insight Engine for enhanced customer support

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) is a leading data analytics and technology partner for the global insurance industry. Verisk has embraced this technology and has developed their own Instant Insight Engine, or AI companion, that provides an enhanced self-service capability to their FAST platform.