40% Better - Engineering Leadership

Leadership, mental frameworks, making systems, and improving team performance :-) Shawn's origin story. (he started as an accountant) Surprising mental frameworks Shawn has but his clients don't know yet.  Financial impacts of mental health. Company cultures Shawn is a business executive with over 30 years in the business world. Having worked for and with small businesses for much of that time as...

but 2x teams do There's a myth that super-human engineers exist and can outperform 10 "regular" engineers. This is the 10x myth of productivity. It's a lie.  And it's a damaging lie on multiple fronts. 2x teamsInstead of looking for a 10x engineer, you can build a 2x team

Rule 1 of leadership is helping the team operate better. Rule 2 is that even if Rule 1 is uncomfortable - you are still responsible to do it. This episode dives into Rule 2. Yes, you can :-)

Yes you can figure it out. It takes time, research, experiments - but you can figure it out.

This is a sad reality of leadership. So many negative stories (and experiences) about managers/supervisors/leaders who do not take good care of their teams.

I'm a fan of anyone working on introversion. Felix is doing excellent work. Learn more about Felix at http://brokesurgeon.com #40pb

How did you do that? I've been asked repeatedly by colleagues and execs. Across all the other mental models and skills - initiative is critical.

Front line leaders who learn the skills to present up the org chart. This helps teams trust, care, and feel engaged.

Smart leadership is a system. It works the same over and over again. And it starts with first level leaders/supervisors/managers.

Every employee engagement journey starts with communication. I spent decades struggling with social anxiety - but now I talk with strangers every day and enjoy public speaking. The difference - learning and practicing skills in tiny increments (baby steps).

Being friends with your boss is nice - but often times ineffective for making change happen. What you need are the models and skills for persuasion. Persuasion means translating what you know into language that resonates with someone else. This is how I got my CEO to change his pitches, got funding for team projects, and solved an "impossible" problem at the big G.

We all have different approaches for leadership. Here's some that worked very well for me - and I've seen others use them also.

Being a leader/manager/supervisor is a specific kind of responsibility. It's about helping your team become more productive.

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