Teach A Man To Fish: Coaching Development Teams

Keynote at CodeConnexx13, talking about professional development, teams, benchmarks, making a business case, and leadership

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1. Teach A Man To Fish
2. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. – Chinese Proverb
3. Sustainability
4. = You Skills + Aptitude
5. Your context is your team
6. How do you measure a team?
7. Benchmark
8. 360 Degree Feedback
9. 360 Degree Feedback
10. Skills Analysis SysMagic DBWonder Bliss.js ScriptHappy DeployWell 2.5 3.2 4.7 4 0.8 0.8 3.2 3.9 4.3 2.1 4.8 4.6 1.9 3.9 4.8 2.7 1.7 4.7 3.5 2.9 1.2 2.6 4.4 4.2 3.4
11. Mind The Gap (skills)
12. Fill the gap by recruiting
13. Recruiting costs money and time
14. Recruiting is risky
15. Fill the gap by not recruiting
16. Homegrown costs money and time more less
17. Recipe For Growing A Team Take one team, and a training budget, chopped into bitesize pieces. Mix with a variety of resources. Leave to stew as desired.
18. Resources
19. Training budget must be defined* * even if it is defined as zero
20. Spend the budget wisely
21. Cost Benefit Analysis Option: Don't Option: Do It Pros • • • • Pros • • • • Cons • • • • Cons • • • •
22. Return on Investment Investment is easy to quantify Return is much trickier
23. DIY Training
24. Multiply your returns by sharing
25. Team Sharing Strategies conference slide deck karaoke shared interest groups developer lunches #linktuesday
26. Leading the change
27. Continuous development makes sustainable teams
28. Good luck! https://joind.in/9607 http://lornajane.net | @lornajane
30. Resources • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/360-degree_feedback • http://www.lornajane.net/posts/2010/skills-analysis-for-teams • http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/performing-a-costbenefit-analysi s.html • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-benefit_analysis • http://www.business-case-analysis.com/return-on-investment.html • http://www.linktuesday.com