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Technical Leadership! from wherever you are
Scala Days 2015
Dianne Marsh!@dmarsh!
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Our Journey• Acting Like an Owner
• What Leadership is (not)
• Building Leadership Into an Organization
• What Leaders Do
• Challenges of Technical Managers
• What’s your Leadership Superpower?
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Own It
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What is Leadership?
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Leaders aren’t appointed
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Are Early Adopters Leaders?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DiffusionOfInnovation.png
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WARNING!!!
Shiny !Objects
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Build it in
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Leaders Emerge from Great Organizations
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You ride … you decide
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Value Courage
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• http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664
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What does a Leader do?
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Vision
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Strategize
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Communicate
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Inspire
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Remain Flexible
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Listen
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Managing Up
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Managing Sideways
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Challenges of Technical Managers
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Exercise Tech Muscle
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Internal Hackathons: Work With Your Team!
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Off critical path projects
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Learn by Listening
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Where do you Recharge?
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What do you Want to Lead?
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PROJECTS
• Project Management Groups
• Follow Through
• Communicate with Team
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PEOPLE
• Honest Feedback
• Protect Culture
• Help Recruit Coworkers
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IDEAS
• Speak at Conferences
• Write
• Organize Internal Events
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• Be Welcoming of Newcomers
• Recognize not Just One Way
• Respect the Journey
Scala Needs YouDick Wall 3:40 pm
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Where can you Improve?• Vison
• Strategize
• Communicate
• Inspire
• Remain Flexible
• Listen
• Manage Up
• Manage Sideways
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–Thomas Keller, in “The Soul of a Chef” by Michael Ruhlman
“You can’t spend half a career as someone else’s employee and then, suddenly, one day,
start thinking like an owner. Think like an owner and act like an owner from your very first job …”
Live Every Day as a Leader
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Questions and Experiences
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Thank you!
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References
• http://www.zingermanspress.com/our-books/being-a-better-leader