How Not to Become a Hopeless Leader if You Are a Good Specialist
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The talk examines the common career-path problem in IT where companies push skilled engineers into people-leader roles by default, turning good specialists into ineffective managers. It explains how to avoid damaging yourself when promoted into leadership and offers concrete advice for handling a leadership role you were forced into but do not want.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:26Two career paths
- 3:12New leader challenges
- 5:41Soft skills and team management
- 8:11Time management
- 9:35Prioritizing tasks
- 10:40Staying technical
- 11:21Career growth
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