Welcome to the technical leadership podcast. thank you for joining me on a journey, to discover and distil the technical skills that successful leaders have used to lead others forwards towards the future.

In this podcast we search for practical leadership skills to help us lead ourselves and others towards a brighter future. Together, we will learn to be better leaders, by evaluating leadership skills and behaviors, learning from the experiences of others and practically applying those techniques to our lives.

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Knowing yourself, your goals and desires, is the first step to taking a decision to lead yourself towards your goals. In this episode I discuss a turning point in my life, where I decided to pursue avenues to becoming a leader, rather than wait for the opportunities to be handed to me.

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As a leader, you will receive reasonable and unreasonable requests. In this episode we discuss identifying and dealing with unreasonable requests by diving to the core of the challenge and asking the question "how am I supposed to do that"

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This episode talks about the importance of defining and articulating the definition of done, to avoid surprises. You can use 2 communication tools: 1) Have the other person tell you the definition of done and 2) explain the test you will use to measure 'done'. Don't be embarrassed asking questions to which you know the answer. 

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Uncommunicated expectations can lead to frustration. In this podcast, we consider 2 frustrating situations and how each requires a different approach to see it resolved.

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Frustration can be an early warning indicator, like a check engine light. This part 1 (of 5) of this miniseries, we will talk briefly about frustration. 

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When reporting information to your leadership, you need to be precise, concise and give advise.

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Decisiveness is a foundational trait of a good leader. In this episode, I talk about my first manager, who wasn't decisive. I mention 4 areas in business that require decisiveness: Work-life harmony, priorities, standards and feedback.

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Where do you start when you want to be a leader?

Start with taking responsibility for your own life, and lead yourself towards your goals. Then use those skills to start leading others. In this episode, I tell the anonymized story of Joe, who changed his career from being a pirate hunter off the west coast of Africa to a software developer in a global company.

We explore 4 leadership traits he possessed: Vision, planning, humility and learning.

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There's a constant tension between delivery and quality. In this episode we discuss why deadlines and quality standard exist, and give you an understanding of how to use deadlines effectively, and when you should move a deadline for the sake of quality.

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