Make Your Next Build vs. Buy Decision Like Fight Club
28 May 2025 | Leadership
Imagine this scenario as we explore an effective risk assessment method that was in the exceptional movie Fight Club.
Articles on Engineering and Technical Leadership
Better Communication for Busy Leaders
21 May 2025 | Leadership
Have you ever left a meeting feeling like you made yourself clear, only to find out weeks or months later that you were seriously mistaken? What about sending an email you assessed as concise, direct, and clear only to find it completely ignored or misinterpreted?
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The Ultimate Guide to Effective Horizon Planning
05 May 2025 | Leadership
I’ve used horizon planning for years now, but I only recently discovered that folks like McKinsey do something similar. Horizon planning focuses on strategic goals along distant points called horizons. It is really useful because it rapidly communicates the direction, long-term goals, and flexible yet practical approach to getting there.
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Technical Leader's Strategic Advantage: Building Self-Managed Teams
25 Mar 2025 | Leadership
Self-managed or self-managing teams have been appearing in more literature and leadership training. Still, the term seems somewhat vague and eerily similar to concepts like holacracy and self-organizing teams, which probably makes you want to roll your eyes. Still, self-managed teams are highly valuable and worth creating and maintaining.
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Quick and Effective Delegation for Busy Leaders
14 Mar 2025 | Leadership
Delegation is defined as “The act or process of authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.” If you’ve been in any kind of leadership position before, you’ve bumped into how important it is to delegate and how overwhelmed you can get when you don’t.
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What Makes Good Teams Great
01 Oct 2024 | Leadership
For all the years I’ve been helping teams grow, I’ve rarely met one who felt that they were exceptional. It’s one of those quirky things where, in one conversation, the leadership will proclaim how great their teams are, and the next, pull me aside and beg for help. There are always issues, so I thought I’d write about some things I’ve noticed that turn good teams into great ones.