Lead Dev UK 2017 - Time to focus on your goals

What should I focus on to become a better leader and to better support my team? Where do I find the time to keep my technical skills relevant? How do I learn more about the business so I can understand the needs of the organisation better?

If you are attending this conference you already understand the importance of investing in your development. But what should you do the rest of the year? In this talk we will explore ways to plan and find the focus you need to better support your team and prepare for your next career challenge. We will discuss techniques I have found useful over the years to prioritise my goals and manage the overwhelming amounts of content we are exposed to every day in this ever-changing industry and come up with a plan that fits your ambitions and availability constraints.

Transcript

1. Time to focus on YOUR GOALS HELLO my name is María Gutiérrez VP Engineering @ FreeAgent @mariagutierrez
2. CONGRATULATIONS! you are a lead developer
3. Negotiating Providing and receiving feedback Performance management Interviewing Managing unconscious bias Project management Budget management Delegating and Prioritising Baking (at FreeAgent at least)
5. Information sharing is a BLESSING
7. HELP ME TOO MUCH TO DO NEED HELP SO MUCH WORK … or is it a CURSE?
9. #FOMO “A state of mental or emotional strain caused by the fear of missing out.“
11. Let’s do this!!
12. Clear goals and FOCUS
13. YOU own your personal development
14. A DAY to work on your plan
15. From: https://inkandvolt.com/guides/yearly-planning/
16. MINDSET START WITH WHY THE MANAGER’S PATH
17. SELF ASSESSMENT
18. GOOD GREAT OKAY POOR BAD ALERT
20. Finance Security Data Platform Operations Accountancy Public Speaking Feedback GDPR
21. Learning pyramid - National Training Laboratories, Bethel, Maine Lecture Reading Audio-visual Demonstration Discussion Practice by Doing Teaching others Passive Learning Active Learning Retention - + Guest speakers Activities Books, magazines, blogs Audiobooks, conf talks Training course, shadowing Lunch, architecture review, Q&A, fish-bowl 1:1s, projects, hack-days Presentations, coaching, pairing, buddy program
22. Make learning part of YOUR DAY
24. Nurture a diverse NETWORK internal and external
25. Track progress REFLECT
26. What have you learnt today, mummy?
27. Yay!
28. ➡ Set GOALS ➡ Evaluate STRENGTHS ➡ PRIORITISE ➡ Learning PART OF YOUR DAY ➡ REFLECT on progress ➡ CELEBRATE
29. EASY OKAY POOR HARD FUTILE SUPER KINDA REALLY TOTALLY PRETTY
30. @mariagut
32. Aids diversity
33. Be intentional
34. BE INTENTIONAL srsly!
35. THANKS! @mariagutierrez I’ve got Winston stickers, come and say “Hi!” Illustrations by the amazing FreeAgent designers