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Leveling Up Assuming Technical Leadership H. Alan Stevens

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Most software developers would make lousy managers, but many of the experienced developers that I have met and worked with have more to offer in terms of technical leadership than they share with their managers and team. As an industry, we need you to leverage your experience for the benefit of us all. In this session we will examine some clues that you may be ready to "level up". We'll discuss when and how to appropriately exercise technical leadership and when to keep our mouths shut. Attendees will leave this session with a toolkit of tactics to influence their teams, companies and clients to make better choices in the pursuit of greater user value.

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Leveling UpAssuming Technical Leadership

H. Alan Stevens

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nerdhiveindustries.com

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Contact Me

Slides: speakerdeck.com/alanstevens

Email/IM: [email protected]

Website: halanstevens.com

Twitter: @alanstevens

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Technical competence is assumed!

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•Trust•Tell a story•Value others

What you need to know:

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Leadership is not a formal role assigned from without

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Leadership Myths

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Leadership Is Innate

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Leadership is possessing power over

others

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Leaders are positively influential

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Leaders entirely control

group outcomes

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All groups have a

designated leader

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Group members

resist leaders

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What IsLeadership?

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Leadership is an attitude you embody

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Leadership requires

pushing back

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Leadership Means

Accepting Reality

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Budget

Scope

Schedule

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Become immune to

hype

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How do I lead?

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Trust

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Food

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Humor

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Safety

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Tell a story

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Emotions not Facts

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Usemetaphor

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Invite people on a journey

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Focus on a vision, not a task or an objective

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Value Others

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Encourage others to value you by

demonstrating that you value them

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Raise the value of the whole team

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You can't raise yourself up by

keeping others down

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Convey anabundance

mindset

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A players hire A players

B players hire C players

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A players hire A+ players, not

merely A playersGuy Kawasaki

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We're told we all need to be leaders, but that would be

ineffective

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A Visual Example

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http://sivers.org/ff

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It is the first follower that

transforms a lone nut into a leader

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There is no movement without the first follower

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New followers emulate other followers, not

the leader

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Courageously follow and show others how to

follow

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When you find a lone nut doing

something great...

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Have the guts to be the first

person to stand up and join in

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Being a first follower is an

under-appreciated form of leadership

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•Trust•Tell a story•Value others

What you need to know:

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Be willing and prepared to stand out

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Thanks For Listening!

Slides: speakerdeck.com/alanstevens

Email/IM: [email protected]

Website: halanstevens.com

Twitter: @alanstevens