Cargo bike with a panniers and boxes full of groceries All the leadership articles are great this week and not too long. If you want mostly downers, have a look at the environment articles. Leadership Finding a buddy when you’re a team of one - if you can’t avoid them. Gelling your Engineering leadership team. - I think this should be read by a lot of C-level teams, but it also applies to most teams. ...
Today I recommend the podcast about “Inclusivity and Leadership” and everything in Urbanisation. If you are just looking for a bit of fun, then check out the video about building a camera in 3D software. Leadership Be a Door Opener, Not a Gatekeeper: Inclusivity and Leadership (with Karen Catlin, Leadership Coach) [Podcast] - you can’t give good feedback if you don’t delegate well, is an excellent point. ...
Two great long reads this week: “The Case Against Travel” and “How to reduce the damage done by gentrification” Leadership Platform Engineering Hype - I am not a big fan of these kinds of teams either. Maybe there is a scale where it makes sense, but not for most of the companies. climbing the leadership ladder: from manager to director to VP - interesting perspective about managing in different directions and “If the things that you love are communicating, unblocking, and coaching, you must do more of that at higher levels.” ...
Group of professional cyclists passing on top of a climb in Barcelona The last two weeks I enjoyed the interview with S.A. Cosby (and his book) and the story about the right-wing looney on ecstasy. Leadership Honor the Past, Present, and People: Creating and Managing Positive Change (with Esther Derby, Consultant) [Podcast] - “See the role of the middle manager as connecting the contextual knowledge from the top of the organization with the day-to-day operations at the bottom.” ...
I am skipping every second week currently, with the result that today is a bit long. I loved the podcast about the U-Cycle initiative in Ukraine and one about the climate-grandmas in Switzerland. Leadership Measuring Success & Performance of Managers - A Deep Dive [Podcast] - measuring individual contributors is already hard, measuring managers even more so. Admiral Linda Fagan on servant leadership [Podcast] - I usually skip military leadership lessons, this is great, though. ...