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LEARNING TO
LEAD AN
IT TEAM
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Leader Qualities
Task:
Get with a new person
Talk, think of two things that
make a leader great
Write on chart
ONE OR TWO WORDS!!
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Great Leaders
Task:
With same new person
Talk, think of two Leaders
NOT INSPIRATIONAL
Write on chart
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Slides:
http://speakerdeck.com/jimholmes
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USE THE BOOK!
IT HAS PRACTICAL
EXERCISES!
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FORMAT
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Discussion
Exercises
Sharing
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Lean
Coffee
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More Exercises
in the book!
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INTERACTION
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Managing
Jim
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GOALS
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LEARN
how to understand
the business
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LEARN
where and how to
improve your
communication
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LEARN
how to
grow
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Leave with a
roadmap of
ideas
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QUESTIONS
FOR YOU TO
THINK ABOUT
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DO YOU WANT
TO BE
A LEADER?
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HOW TO
BE
A LEADER?
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WHY
BECOME
A LEADER?
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WHAT DO I WANT
FOR LEADERSHIP
STYLE?
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WHY I
THINK YOU
SHOULD LEAD
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SELF-
FULFILLMENT
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FILL A NEED
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WE HAVE TOO
FEW GOOD
LEADERS!
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Why NOT?
Task:
Write two reasons why you
shouldn’t or don’t want to
become a leader
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WHAT MAKES
A GREAT
LEADER?
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Exercise
Results
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Mentor
Inspires
Calm
Delegates
Solves
Problems
Focused
Protects team
Knows
the mission
Decisive
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RESPECT
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INTEGRITY
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GREAT LEADERS
HAVE PROPERTIES
YOU CAN LEARN
AND EMULATE
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GROWING
INTO
LEADERSHIP
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DEAL WITH
YOUR FEARS
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I’ll lose my technical
skills!
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Yes
Maybe
Deal with it
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Mentor
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Pair
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Broaden your skills
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Move your skills up to
business level
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I don’t have the tech
skills to lead a team!
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No
Maybe
Deal with it
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Do you actually need
them?
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Your
TEAM
is strong!
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Fight your
FUD
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Remember your
strengths!
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HOW
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Learn the mission!
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Demonstrate
aptitude,
interest,
ability
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Ask for more
responsibility!
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IMPROVE YOUR
COMMUNICATION
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Good communication
is about them
not you
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Meyers-Briggs
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DISC
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Decisive
Interactive
Stability
Cautious
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Wait
Ten
Minutes
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Find your tripwires
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One Thing
Task:
Share one thing you can do to
grow as a leader
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LOSE YOUR FEARS
IMPROVE YOUR
COMMUNICATION
ASK FOR RESPONSIBILITY
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UNDERSTANDING
THE BUSINESS
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Learn to communicate
in the language
of your business!
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Understand
what your team’s
mission is
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How do you
contribute value to
your organization?
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Who do you help?
How do you help
them?
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Talk to your boss
Talk to their boss
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What’s Your Mission?
Task:
Pair up with someone new
Them:
Discuss what their team’s job is
You:
Ask questions
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UNDERSTAND
YOUR
ORGANIZATION
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What’s the business’s
mission?
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Understand your
organization’s
structure
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UNDERSTAND
PROJECT STRUCTURE
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Who’s the
stakeholder?
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Is there an
Executive Sponsor?
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LEARN YOUR
ORGANIZATION’S
BUSINESS
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BE
A GREAT
LEADER
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REMEMBER:
KNOW THE
MISSION
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DEALING
WITH
WEAKNESSES
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Strengths and Weaknesses
Task:
Write down two strengths you have
Write down two weaknesses you have
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Validate
Is it an honest
weakness?
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Journal
Keep track of
wins & fails
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Transparency
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Accountability
Partner
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Constant
Improvement
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LEVERAGING
STRENGTHS
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Do more of it
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Mentor / Pass it on
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Share your wins
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Build a pattern of
success
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— Adm. William H. McRaven, US Navy SEAL
IF YOU MAKE YOUR BED
EVERY DAY IT WILL GIVE
YOU A SMALL SENSE OF
PRIDE AND ENCOURAGE
YOU TO DO ANOTHER TASK
”
“
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Wins!
Task:
Share one success from last
week
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A DAY IN
THE LIFE
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Manage Expectations
(Up and down!)
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Flip negatives
to
positives
Think of value
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IT’S A GOOD IDEA BUT
WON’T WORK
”
“
NOT
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WE SEEM TO AGREE THIS IS
A GOOD IDEA. WHAT
WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN?
”
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INSTEAD
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Focus on Value
Task:
Think of a situation where you
wanted to say “No”.
Rephrase in a positive, value-
oriented way.
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Foster Success
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Safe to fail
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Smart failures
versus
Dumb failures
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Managing
your
team
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Dealing with
difficult people
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PUSHING
FOR
CHANGE
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Know who to pitch to
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Know culture around
experimenting
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Pitch value
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Improve predictability
(not speed)
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Cut waste
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People
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Better hiring
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Better retention
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What’s a good pitch
look like?
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Clear
Concise
Problem / Solution / Value
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How do you make a
good pitch?
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Find the right person
LEARN ABOUT THEM
Schedule their time
Greet
Pitch
Ask for questions
RESPECT their time
Thank them for their time!
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PROJECTING
CONFIDENCE
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Body language
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Making a Pitch
Task:
Find a partner
Build a pitch
Think of an idea
Problem / Solution / Value
Practice with your partner
Deliver pitch!
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Review
Task:
Validate your strengths &
weaknesses from earlier exercise
How can you mitigate your
weaknesses?
How can you leverage your
strengths?
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MITIGATE YOUR
WEAKNESSES
LEVERAGE STRENGTHS
PUSH FOR CHANGE
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TAKING
CARE OF
YOURSELF
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Get a mentor
NOW
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Mentors
Task:
Do you have a mentor?
If so, how well is that working?
If not, think of two candidates
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Become a time
management
super hero
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“NO”
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Work / life balance is
NOT
a myth
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POLISHING
YOUR
STYLE
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Praise in public
Criticize in private
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Mentor your team
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Delegate
responsibility
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Expect
don’t just
Empower
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Open your door
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Default.answer
==
“Yes”
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Value your elites
Empower others to
become elite
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SUPPORT YOUR
TEAM
IMPROVE YOURSELF
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FINISHING UP
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Roadmap
Task:
Share two things you want to
work on in the next month
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What’s Changed?
Task:
Review the first exercise (two
reasons why you shouldn’t or
don’t want to lead)
Do you see those reasons
differently?
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THANK
YOU