Bookmarks tagged “leadership” on Maceage's Blog

For the past year, I’ve been lucky enough to work on a big technology project at Xero, where I spend much of my time supporting the leadership team. But it didn’t take long for me to realise that…

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How to build organizational resilience – Increment: Reliability

Saved on 2021-04-02 · increment.com

By encoding resilience into an organization’s culture, engineering teams can be better equipped to tackle the unknown and unexpected.

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Lack of Psychological Safety at Boeing - IT Revolution

Saved on 2021-02-09 · itrevolution.com

business leadership tech

Does your organization need a developer evangelist? - Stack Overflow Blog

Saved on 2021-01-23 · stackoverflow.blog

leadership tech

Communities and Connections will power our growth in 2021 - Stack Overflow

Saved on 2021-01-23 · stackoverflow.blog

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Square’s Growth Framework for Engineers and Engineering Managers | Square C

Saved on 2021-01-20 · developer.squareup.com

A system for leveling up at Square

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How to communicate more deliberately and efficiently when working remotely

Saved on 2021-01-15 · stackoverflow.blog

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How to lead with clarity and empathy in the remote world - Stack Overflow B

Saved on 2021-01-15 · stackoverflow.blog

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Making the most of your one-on-one with your manager or other leadership -

Saved on 2021-01-15 · stackoverflow.blog

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The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done | The New Yorker

Saved on 2021-01-11 · newyorker.com

Cal Newport on the 43 Folders blogger Merlin Mann; the late productivity expert Peter Drucker; the author David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” method; and why G.T.D. doesn’t address the anxiety and inefficiency associated with e-mail overload, a phenomenon that knowledge workers e

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What Makes a World-Class Engineer? | by Joshua C. Carroll | Building Creati

Saved on 2020-11-06 · medium.com

As an engineering manager at Creative Market, my entire job description can be summarized in one statement: build a world-class engineering team. We want to make Creative Market into a world-class…

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Managing technical quality in a codebase.

Saved on 2020-10-29 · lethain.com

If there’s one thing that engineers, engineering managers, and technology executives are likely to agree on, it’s that there’s a crisis of technical quality. One diagnosis and cure is easy to identify: our engineers aren’t prioritizing quality, and we need to hire better engineer

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Bookmarks tagged “leadership”

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:01:27 +0000

92 bookmarks tagged “leadership”

Why Our Leaders Fail Us and Then Save Us: The Preventable Problem Paradox |

Saved on 2020-10-08 · medium.com

Have you ever wondered why a smart company like Facebook is also the undisputed World Champion of Self-Inflicted Debacles? Or, why Google falls prey to avoidable mistakes — across its products…

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How I Structured Engineering Teams at LinkedIn and AdMob for Success | Firs

Saved on 2020-10-01 · firstround.com

LinkedIn’s SVP of Engineering shares the team structure and mindset that clinched its $2.5B IPO.

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Why senior engineers get nothing done | Swizec Teller

Saved on 2020-09-23 · swizec.com

You start a new job and it's amazing. Code all day, clear objectives, easy guidelines, ship a bunch of features be a hero. Then something happens and suddenly you get nothing done. 🤔

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Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule

Saved on 2020-09-23 · paulgraham.com

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How to keep the plates spinning in software development | by Mike Reid | Hu

Saved on 2020-09-18 · medium.com

Imagine you have seven plates spinning on top of sticks in front of you. Each is precious and it’s up to you to keep them from toppling over. The last thing you want is a floor full of broken plates…

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If Management Isn’t A Promotion, Then Engineering Isn’t A Demotion – charit

Saved on 2020-09-18 · charity.wtf

I wrote a piece this week about what motivates people to become managers (tldr mostly org dysfunction), and Julian Dunn replied with some typically insightful tweets: (I originally titled this arti…

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The magic ingredient that improves workshop collaboration | by Will Lester

Saved on 2020-09-01 · medium.com

I love working collaboratively. I get a real buzz out of getting a group together, grappling tricky problems and bouncing around ideas. At its best, collaboration can be an energising experience. But…

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If software architects' soft skills fail, so does the business

Saved on 2020-09-01 · searchapparchitecture.techtarget.com

Mark Richards and Neal Ford, authors of 'Fundamentals of Software Architecture,' share real-life examples of why architects must communicate well, and explain how to do it.

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Ice, water, steam: reflecting on the language of agile teams | by James Ber

Saved on 2020-08-31 · medium.com

Lately, I’ve been thinking about what we need to do to continue our journey towards world-class engineering, and perform at that level over the long term. I’ve also been thinking about how Xero’s…

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Emotional Agility

Saved on 2020-08-30 · hbr.org

How effective leaders manage their negative thoughts and feelings

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Book Summary: Accelerate. Accelerate — Building and Scaling High… | by Trev

Saved on 2020-08-12 · medium.com

By making meaningful steps to introduce and improve your capabilities in continuous delivery, architecture, product & process, lean practices, and culture — you can create a profound impact on…

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What software teams can learn from music masterclasses - Helen Hou-Sandí

Saved on 2020-08-11 · helen.blog

I come from a musical background, with degrees in piano performance and piano accompanying and chamber music, and I think a lot about how that’s shaped who I’ve become in web and software development. I’ve even gotten to give a talk relating musicianship skills to programming and

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Research-backed actions to help communicate more effectively

Saved on 2020-07-31 · fastcompany.com

University of Oregon professors offer science-backed strategies to converse and connect with coworkers, clients, and family in a virtual environment.

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Blog Posts

Saved on 2020-07-22 · learningfromincidents.io

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Staff-plus interview processes.

Saved on 2020-07-17 · lethain.com

When we talk about designing a Staff-plus engineer interview loop, the first thing to talk about is that absolutely no one is confident their Staff-plus interview loop works well. Many loops end up looking for a senior engineer who’s really fast at solving problems, which doesn’t

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How I Learned to Have Uncomfortable Conversations | Human Parts

Saved on 2020-06-09 · humanparts.medium.com

I had 50 painfully uncomfortable conversations with strangers in New York City to practice being assertive under pressure. Here’s what I learned.

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The Culture Map: A Systematic & Intentional Tool For Designing Great Compan

Saved on 2020-06-09 · strategyzer.com

If I asked you: what’s the one thing you’ll do differently tomorrow to make your organization a better place to work, where would you start? How would you design, communicate and implement

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Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System - The Donella Meadows Proj

Saved on 2020-05-08 · donellameadows.org

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Team Objectives - Overview | Silicon Valley Product Group

Saved on 2020-03-23 · svpg.com

After many years of being a very vocal advocate for the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) technique, in the majority of companies I meet, I have stopped recommending the practice. That’s because, in so many companies, even though conceptually the technique is simple and sound, it

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How DISC is like the Hogwarts Houses

Saved on 2020-02-19 · athleteassessments.com

Often with behavioral profiles like DISC, being able to apply the concept to something you already know, helps to quickly understand it. If you are familiar with Harry Potter, then this is an excellent platform to better get to know DISC behavioral profiling. Whether you grew up

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Work Is Work

Saved on 2020-01-14 · codahale.com

In which returns diminish.

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The software engineer’s guide to asserting dominance in the workplace

Saved on 2020-01-13 · medium.com

As a software engineer, changing jobs is a way of life. Every day, beautiful recruiters from top tech companies reach out to you on LinkedIn with new opportunities, and each new job equals higher pay…

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Do you have what it takes to be an agile coach? - Humans of Xero - Medium

Saved on 2020-01-13 · medium.com

Before joining Xero, I used to work in project management. The way we ran projects was to think about people as specialised resources who would be deployed to different initiatives. But there was one…

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How to Boost Your Team’s Productivity

Saved on 2019-12-16 · hbr.org

Set clear expectations.

leadership

How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams

Saved on 2019-11-07 · hbr.org

Strategies to foster equity and inclusion

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Bookmarks tagged “leadership”

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:01:27 +0000

92 bookmarks tagged “leadership”

7 Things I Learnt from 10 Conversations About Recognition

Saved on 2019-10-15 · medium.com

If you aren’t familiar with Officevibe check them out, but essentially it’s a tool that uses an ongoing survey with a randomised set of questions. Results are then grouped into 10 metrics…

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Accelerate - Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organisations

Saved on 2019-09-26 · mattbutton.com

I first read Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim back in 2018 when it was a hot topic in the office; only an hour or two would go by between overhearing somebody talk about it, internal blog posts were being written, and we’d receive emails about following the fin

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Engineering Management: The Pendulum Or The Ladder

Saved on 2019-08-01 · charity.wtf

Last night I was out with a dear friend who has been an engineering manager for a year now, and by two drinks in I was rattling off a long list things I always say to newer engineering managers. Th…

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The Engineer/Manager Pendulum

Saved on 2019-08-01 · charity.wtf

Lately I’ve been doing some career counseling for people off Twitter (long story). The central drama for many people goes something like this: “I’m a senior engineer, but I’m thin…

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The Definition of a Tech Lead

Saved on 2019-07-31 · thekua.com

Our industry is infamous for confusing terms. Roles in software development are a good example. Titles like Architect, Tech Lead, Team Lead and Engineering Manager ... Read more

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Opinion | Why Some Teams Are Smarter Than Others

Saved on 2019-07-19 · mobile.nytimes.com

It’s about listening, empathy and having more women.

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You are never too old to have a mentor - Victoria MacLennan - Medium

Saved on 2019-07-18 · medium.com

One of my standard interview questions is to ask whether a candidate has a mentor. A young woman I met recently answered that she had one but no longer needs a mentor — she knows everything she needs…

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How to be an awesome mentee: a checklist - Mentorloop Mentoring Software

Saved on 2019-07-10 · mentorloop.com

Ready to build a great mentoring relationship? Here's a checklist that will help you be an awesome mentee.

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25 Mentorship Questions to Ask Your Mentor or Mentee - Mentorloop

Saved on 2019-07-10 · mentorloop.com

Here's a list of engaging mentorship questions to ask your mentor, help you dive deeper, and add some structure to your meetings.

career leadership learning

Go Corporate or Go Home

Saved on 2018-09-11 · ribbonfarm.com

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Reaching Peak Meeting Efficiency - Learning By Shipping

Saved on 2018-09-11 · medium.learningbyshipping.com

Meetings are either a necessary evil or necessarily evil, depending on who you ask. Meetings are undeniably the most important tool for building a diverse, high-performance team with shared values.

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How To Lead When You Have No Authority - The Startup - Medium

Saved on 2018-09-11 · medium.com

This article provides four strategies that empower you to lead within your organization, whether you have authority or not. You don't have to be in a management role to lead. Learn how to transform your organization from the inside out.

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On being lost - wardleymaps - Medium

Saved on 2018-09-11 · medium.com

This is the story of my journey, from a bumbling and confused CEO lost in the headlights of change to having a vague idea of what I was doing. I say vague because I’m not going to make grand claims…

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Making Engineering Team Communication Clearer, Faster, Better

Saved on 2017-09-26 · firstround.com

Derek Parham specializes turning engineers into great communicators. Here's the framework he used to do it at both Google and on the Hillary Clinton campaign.

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How to Negotiate Nicely Without Being a Pushover - HBR

Saved on 2015-04-19 · hbr.org

Stress “we” over “I.”

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What I Learned About Life After Interviewing 80 Highly Successful People |

Saved on 2015-01-18 · linkedin.com

"You interrupt too much," people email me. "Let your guests finish talking.

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How to Scale Yourself and Get More Done Than You Thought Possible

Saved on 2014-12-24 · zapier.com

The following is a detailed write-up of a popular productivity talk delivered by Scott Hanselman. Visit his blog, hanselman.com, for more productivity tips. "Don't worry, just drop the ball.

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