I pretty much agree that a technical team leader is to actually lead and to make the life of a developer easier, not harder. This is probably why socialmarkets and ADS play well together...
Tina Russell
· 1 year ago
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
Tina Russell
Derek Gallo
· 1 year ago
Its great to read this post. I read this and see a mirror image of how our own management style has developed also. Scrum development is truly a great development methodology.
Anthony Eden
· 1 year ago
One of the key points in your post is that your employees are self-motivated. Unfortunately, self-motivated employees seem to be the exception, not the rule. Of course the response to that might be "always hire the best people", however that has its own set of issues. The best people can be expensive and will often be motivated to start their own businesses, so then it becomes a question of retention. Bottom line: people make or break an organization, and any manager must be able to deal with both the self-motivated as well as people who may be more interested in a paycheck, because as you grow you're bound to get both.
Robert Dempsey
· 1 year ago
Anthony - very well put. Finding the right people can be difficult so perhaps that is more a goal then a rule. It should however, always be the goal.
Wes Roe
· 1 year ago
Robert, great post. Reminds me of something I heard recently on the Big Idea, "Things are to be managed and people are to be lead"
luigimontanez
· 1 year ago
For those of you interested in Scrum, I recommend Ken Schwaber's book Agile Project Management with Scrum. A warning though, as I found it kind of tedious to read as the author dives really deeply into case studies when presenting each facet of Scrum. But it's probably the most comprehensive book on Scrum out there, so it's still worth the read (just skim through the boring exposition).
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