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Coaching IT pros for leadership roles

CIO

When you’ve spent your career mastering complex technologies, stepping into a leadership role might not be the first item on your wish list. I spoke to IT executives and leadership coaches for tips on how to develop the leaders on your team. Their personality type, education, training, and work experience, all support that.

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Two Key Focuses (And a Checklist) For New Engineering Managers

Dzone - DevOps

There is very little formal guidance for new engineering managers. When I first moved from an individual contributor (IC) to an engineering manager (EM), I found myself struggling to find training resources. I want to change that - and I hope this article will serve as a small start in that direction.

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The CIO’s primary job: Developing future IT leaders

CIO

The best salesperson does not always make the best sales manager. The most innovative engineer does not always become the most successful engineering manager. First, we must commit our current managers and supervisors to a strong management training program. IT Leadership, Staff Management

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Novanta’s Sarah Betadam on transforming the IT model status quo

CIO

Betadam is well-suited for the task, given the range of her experience prior to joining Novanta more than four years ago, and holds a doctorate in engineering and engineering management, as well as degrees in computer science from noted universities. Digital Transformation, IT Leadership

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An Engineering Manager’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities)

Honeycomb

Or, the small crisis with engineering management. In 2018, Honeycomb co-founder & CTO Charity Majors wrote a blog post titled, “An Engineer’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities).” These constraints incentivized managers to think hard about how to retain and grow their best senior engineers. This is good.

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Introducing Engineering Management to a Growing Organization

Gitprime

GitPrime elevates engineering leadership with objective data. In this interview series, Engineering Leaders talk about how to build high performing teams. Johnathan Nightingale has seen first-hand how powerful a solid management structure can be for growing organizations. “We Onboarding and training your management team.

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Habits of Highly Effective Engineering Managers

Federico Cargnelutti

I finished reading the books “ The Making of a Manager ” by Juklie Zhuo, “ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ” by Stephen Covey, and “ The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership ” by John Maxwell. Provide training opportunities. Value delivered (or ROI). Give people ownership of tasks.