Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

APRIL 2, 2020

Is your team running so smoothly that it hums? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Ron Lichty, discuss what makes high-performance teams versus what makes low-performance teams. Learning what makes software development teams hum (1:40). Episode 41. Show Notes. Transcript.

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The Agile Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The word "governance" is misused in IT, particularly in software development. This is an in-bred political body of the people who are at the highest levels of those expected to make good on delivery, not an independent body adjudicating (and correcting) the performance of people in delivery. There are two popular misconceptions.

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Gitprime

AUGUST 15, 2019

As engineering managers and leaders, our job of course is to help our teams deliver value to the organization and its customers. Yet from a higher level, our role is to ensure that both engineers and teams continue to grow and develop. People need to grow and develop skills in order to move within the framework.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

That post, which mainly focused on team owner Dan Snyder, went a little viral.  He publicly owned up to accountability for the team’s lackluster performance at the end of last year. Leading the team on the field unless it’s a closing two minute drill to beat the newly energized Detroit Lions. 

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

They say it with their ho-hum performance, their games of avoidance, their dearth of enthusiasm. Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skills. In another scenario, a CEO had one executive on his team whom he really trusted and in whom he could confide. MISTAKE #4: Squelching the flow of bad news.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2021

Indeed, even the best recruitment strategies will fail if you people keep leaving your brokerage every few months. In short, a good recruitment strategy must include good employee satisfaction and retention plans as well. In short, a good recruitment strategy must include good employee satisfaction and retention plans as well.

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Honeycomb

JULY 14, 2023

This was said in the context of thinking about how the various management roles around the company interact: line managers run teams and projects, directors run the day-to-day work of the company, and execs (including VPs) focus above all on strategy, external-facing matters, and longer-term planning for the company’s future.

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