You go to meetings. You process your inbox. You might make a presentation here and there. You certainly seem busy. But I bet if I asked your team what it is you do all day long, most of them would say, “I have no idea”. And come to think of it, do you know how exactly they spend every day?
In today’s new generation of tech company, leadership and responsibility is more distributed than ever before. People are expected to get the job done, without someone watching or directing every move all along the way. Teams are focused on results, not roles.
So as leaders in increasingly flat organizations without the traditional hierarchy and process of the past, how can we make sure we are still leading effectively? What’s the balance between too hands-on and too hands-off?
Your job as a leader is to let your team do what they’re good at, but you can only give over autonomy once you’ve given them the tools they need and trust that they can execute without you watching over their shoulder. The talk will cover strategies to help you build trust with your team and set up the right guard rails to loosen your grip on the steering wheel and give people what they want in a leader.
5. Have you ever worked hard on something,
yet didn’t get the recognition you deserved?
6. praise isn’t always
proportional to effort
image source: http://rebeccathomee.files.forme.se/2013/08/tumblr-m41kp4bgdt1rs7j0fo1-1280.jpg?w=900&
7. how do you measure performance?
Hours?
Documentation
Collaboration
Mentoring
Lines of code?
Bugs? Tests?
Features?
Quality
Recruiting
Operations
Maintainability
Innovation & new ideas
12. lost his job
ran for state
legislature
again and lost
ran for state
legislature and
lost
started a business
... it failed
... and put him into
debt, that took 17
tried to become
years to repay
and elector ....
and lost
tried running
?
ran for congress,
for congress,
and won; but
and lost. Twice.
wasn’t re-elected. ran for the
senate and lost
lost VP
ran for the senate and
nomination
lost, again.
image source: http://therecordingrevolution.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Abraham-Lincoln-1280x1024-2-1.jpg
15. sources of power
formal
• position
• reward
• information
• punishment
source: http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/roleOfPower.pdf
informal
your
power
• relationships
• charisma
• expertise
44. what is your architecture?
Make 2 ordered lists:
!
1. The most important people on your team
2. The people with whom you have the best relationships
How can you improve your relationships on the team?
How will that impact your work and happiness?