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Chess Grandmasters are like master strategists, meticulously planning every move. In this episode, Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster, shares how the principles of elite-level chess can transform your business and leadership strategies. Learn how to cultivate the mental endurance and focus necessary for success, and why embracing the mindset of an âadvanced beginnerâ can lead to continuous improvement. Maurice also discusses the dangers of overconfidence, the importance of humility, and how strategic risk-taking can pay off. Tune in to uncover the secrets of thinking like a Grandmaster and applying these insights to achieve success in your professional life.
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Are you aware of the bad habits holding back your leadership? Many leaders focus on what they should start or keep doing to lead better, but they often overlook the bad habits they need to stop. Marshall Goldsmith, the worldâs #1 Executive and CEO Coach, has pinpointed harmful behaviors that can sabotage your leadershipâs effectiveness and your overall success. These habits can damage relationships and hold your team back, and many leaders donât even realize the harm theyâre causing. In todayâs Leadership Spark, weâll dive into the 10 things leaders should stop doing and why these behaviors are so damaging. Youâll also learn practical tips on how to break these bad habits.
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This episode originally aired February 17, 2021.
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We don't hate change, we just struggle with transition. This week, Pat, Cody and Tracy discuss the real reason why people are afraid of change.
This week, I sat down with Neha Batra, VP of Engineering for Core Productivity at GitHub. Our conversation is about the value of taking calculated risks in engineering leadership, using a ârisk budget," and how you can leverage your social capital to take risks that help your career.
Neha also shares her insights on senior engineering leaders' challenges when aligning business needs with talent and product execution. She discusses her framework for strengthening company alignment and engineering efficiency using established communication paths.
Episode Highlights:
00:26 Frameworks that strengthen company alignment
03:11 How should you channel frustration into creation?
05:58 Conceptualizing your risk budget
12:53 Strategies for building communication pathways
16:04 Conducting AMA's with your team
21:47 How do you get team members to take accountability?
25:27 How do you gather signals from your team?
29:13 Mistakes leaders make you can learn from
36:32 Building curiosity into mundane experiences like dating
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In our first Labs episode of the year, LinearB COO and Co-founder Dan Lines is joined by CTO Yishai Beeri to explore how elite engineering organizations set and report on their engineering goals.Â
Modern engineering leaders face a dual mandate of achieving operational excellence while aligning their work with business priorities. To achieve this, you need to deliver software predictablyâprojects need to be delivered on time, within scope, and as promised so the rest of the business can drive ROI. Dan and Yishai highlight goal-setting methodologies to achieve predictable delivery and key metrics to focus on, ranging from planning accuracy and capacity accuracy to cycle time.
Along with goal setting, we cover how to effectively report on your goals and progress to business stakeholders. Plus, you can download LinearBâs CTO Board Deck Template to leverage in your next board meeting.
Episode Highlights:
01:24 Key terms to know when setting goalsÂ
02:17 Engineering leadersâ dual mandate: operational excellence and business alignmentÂ
08:18 How can engineering leaders set goals to achieve both sides of this mandate?
11:37 Why engineering organizations need to deliver predictablyÂ
19:37 How to set goals around resource allocationÂ
27:30 Reporting on your goals to business stakeholdersÂ
32:56 The LinearB CTO Board Deck Template
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