Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JULY 11, 2019

Setting expectations for leadership growth. Katie’s favorite resources on leadership & management. Announcer: Welcome to the Programming Leadership podcast, where we help great coders become skilled leaders and build happy, high-performing software teams. Marcus: Welcome to the Programming Leadership podcast.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JUNE 11, 2020

How can we train teams to consistently produce quality code without negatively impacting productivity? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, M. Coaches like Green help them to hone their skills and go through rituals more effectively. Programming Leadership Podcast: [link]. Transcript.

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QAspire

JANUARY 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: The Leadership Test by Timothy R. Clark Businesses today are plagued by people who are "installed" in leadership positions just because of their prior performance as a "worker" I have seen some excellent technical brains failing miserably as project leaders.

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet – Video Review Simon Young at iJump reviews my book “#QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project” and other books in Thinkaha Series. Same holds true for your review processes. You can also watch this video at iJump TV website.

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Honeycomb

JULY 12, 2023

I understand why: the stakes for public comment become higher as you move up the ladder, every social media post has the potential to be interpreted as a subtweet or request, and your highest-priority work is often deeply entangled with confidential company and personnel matters. A generalist streak.

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QAspire

JULY 25, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect A few weeks back, my friend Becky Robinson at Mountain State University gifted me with a copy of John C. Tags: Book review , communication lessons , John C. Maxwell’s latest book “ Everyone Communicates, Few Connect ”. Have a GREAT week ahead!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The sales cycle consisted mostly of responding to inquiries from prospects interested in upgrading their first-generation software systems. The marketplace has become more digital and social media is now where most buyers (especially millennials) are doing research. There will be fewer “tire kickers.” Steve earned a B.A.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Review: The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau I have been following Chris Guillebeau ’s remarkable work via his blog since last couple of years. This led me to ask one question to Chris (the same one that I asked Seth Godin about in Linchpin’s book review ). Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Leadership and Maintaining a Positive Outlook Conversations are at the core of good leadership and how/what a leader communicates reveals the personality of the leader. I read this on Twitter recently - conversations are the currency of leadership. Don’t Kill It!

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Never confuse power with leadership. It was full of trite cliches and worn out leadership rhetoric. Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Gandhi, Leadership And A Few Lessons On Simplicity I have been a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi - one of the greatest leaders India has ever produced. I recently visited Sabarmati Ashram , one of the residences of Gandhi, where we got a glimpse into Gandhi’s life as a national leader.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet – Interviews, Guest Post and Reviews I am delighted to share a couple of things that happened this week around my book #QUALITYtweet. He reviewed the book in a previous article and shared two-part interview with me. You can read Part - I and Part – II of the interview.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. I have written before that Projects are a great opportunity to practice leadership. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Lead Well and Prosper by Nick McCormick Being a good manager (self-management and team management) is essential ingredient of success in today’s business environment. Nick was kind enough to send me a signed copy for review. A great tool for the beginners in management.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet at Reflection Leadership (Thanks to Tom Glover) Tom Glover is a “Leadership Friend” who hosts Reflection Leadership Blog. I came to know Tom via our common leadership community over at Twitter. I sent him a copy of #QUALITYtweet for review a few months back.

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QAspire

AUGUST 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Leadership: Beware of These Nine I’s I wrote earlier about Nine I’s and Great Leadership. Ineffective : Leadership delivers performance. Tip : For a better understanding and correlation, read this post along with my earlier post Nine I’s and Great Leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Are you likely to adopt a new software application that is poorly designed? Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base.

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QAspire

AUGUST 2, 2010

Robin’s Blog Seth s Blog Steve Yastrow’s blog - new article Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching TerryStarbucker.com The Tom Peters Weblog Utpal Writes QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management, Leadership and Improvement is powered by WordPress WordPress Themes Don’t Kill It!

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 15, 2010

This is the usual story for a first- level supervisor – the person directly overseeing the personnel who serve customers, make the widgets, or code the software. More specifically, the leadership training. This is where awareness of the benefits leadership skills provide comes in. And it hasn’t been easy.

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QAspire

AUGUST 24, 2010

When you review progress, you can review the accurate status of a deliverable (results), if it is defined early on. Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer On Delivering In software world, delivering is generally associated with painful process of testing, rework, defect fixing, perfecting, packaging and then shipping. Software has to be perfected before shipping. A writer has to constantly review/revise the piece before it goes out.

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Strategic Tech

JUNE 23, 2018

Loosely-coupled teams enabled by loosely-coupled software architecture is one of the strongest predictors of continuous delivery performance and organizational scaling. Whenever a team starts on a piece of work they should own all of the code and infrastructure that needs to change in order to deliver the work.

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2011

"The HR Carnival" by Mike Haberman (at Omega HR Solutions) features my post " Don’t Just Punish Them If They Don’t Comply " along with 32 other great posts on HR, Leadership and Organization Development. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The intent, intensity and diligence with which they execute that piece of work, and how well they are equipped to execute largely determines quality of the outcomes. The edition features my post “ Setting Expectations on Behaviors You Value: 5 Pointers ” along with other excellent thoughts on HR, OD and Leadership. Between teams.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Life Lesson on Endurance What I learned from my daughter about “Persistence” Tags: Leadership , Persistence Leadership , Managing People , Managing Projects , Process Improvement , Self Growth | Tanmay September 13, 2010 No Comments No comments yet. RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JULY 4, 2010

Not reviewing the progress. When you don’t review the progress periodically, you loose momentum. Projects generally start on a high note – keep the momentum going by periodic reviews. Review early and often. I think great leadership is all about having simple rules of thumb and follow them consistently.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Invisible Cost of “Toxic” Leadership Many organizations today are plagued by so-called leaders who don’t carry a leadership mindset. We all know that leadership is a mindset, a way of thinking and attitude. It has little to do with title/designation.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Quotes: Gems from Subroto Bagchi on Leadership I have always enjoyed reading thoughts of Subroto Bagchi , one of India’s most well known and respected leaders from the IT industry who operates as a “Gardener” and Vice Chairman at MindTree. Read the reviews here and here ).

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QAspire

AUGUST 26, 2010

To complement this effort, give them the URL’s of some of the best leadership blogs out there. Share other useful resources like free presentations, eBooks, podcasts and videos that would help them get into a leadership mindset. Explore more articles tagged under “Leadership” at QAspire Blog. Thanks for adding that.

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QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2011

Getting people to exercise their choice of delivering excellence is #1 leadership challenge. Secondly, excellence has a lot to do with people’s motivation to do a great job. It is their choice. It starts with getting the right people and building the right culture. Finally, just like quality , excellence is a moving target. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2010

Have you ever realized the costs of: having an inefficient leadership team? Tags: costs , hidden costs , improvement Leadership , Managing People , Managing Projects , Process Improvement | Tanmay July 23, 2010 8 Comments By ajay, July 23, 2010 @ 8:17 am Excellent, Who would have thought about middle manager’s vision.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

My Writing at QAspire Blog Excellence: Lessons From Anupam Kher The ‘Invisibles’ in Business Performance Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Metrics: Are They Mapped With Your Business Objectives? (You can also visit monthly round ups of Jan 2010 , Feb 2010 , Mar 2010 , April 2010 , May 2010 , June 2010 and July 2010 ).

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QAspire

AUGUST 12, 2010

I am fortunate to a part of a wonderful leadership/management community who so generously share their ideas, insights and knowledge. Wally Bock at Three Star Leadership prescribes a method to treat “Idea Deficit Disorder”. So, here are 5 posts that I totally enjoyed reading in the last week, and I am sure you will enjoy them too.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 3, 2010

In performance appraisals, specifically mention the behaviors you have appreciated when reviewing overall performance. Best, Tanmay By John Hunter , October 11, 2010 @ 4:44 pm coaching is very important. And far too little focus is given to coaching. Share feedback. I am worried about “strategic reward systems.&#

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QAspire

OCTOBER 10, 2010

. - - - - - Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Leadership , Process Improvement , Quality | Tanmay October 11, 2010 No Comments No comments yet. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

This book is a brilliant compilation of great thoughts from all time great authors and coaches. Why not now?” – James Allen (Success Coach) “It is important to remember that we are energy. Why not me? Einstein told us that. Have a super-productive week ahead! Stay tuned for more posts this week. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JANUARY 17, 2010

Robin’s Blog Seth s Blog Steve Yastrow’s blog - new article Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching TerryStarbucker.com The Tom Peters Weblog Utpal Writes QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management, Leadership and Improvement is powered by WordPress WordPress Themes Don’t Kill It!

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