Leading a Software Development Team - Advice for Software Development Manager and Tech Startups

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Are you a software development manager at a tech startup? Learn best practices a tech lead or a software development manager can use to build healthy and happy teams. This presentation will also be helpful if you're hiring software developers for your startup. Jon, CTO & Partner, and Tim, Development Lead at Headway, share their real-world experience and advice with hiring and growing software development teams or how to become a software engineering manager
What you'll learn:
- How to screen for and hire talented developers on an upward trajectory
- How to kick off projects to help teams integrate everyone's unique styles
- How to get meaningful feedback from your team
- Define project success criteria and getting buy-in from your team so everyone is rowing in the same direction
Segments:
00:00 - Introduction
02:29 - Discussion Outline
04:59 - Building a Development Team
07:11 - Conway's Law
08:42 - Hiring on Upward Trajectory
10:25 - Growing Talent Within
12:30 - Identifying the Right Candidates
19:17 - Kicking Off Projects with DiSC
23:00 - Work-Life Balance
28:38 - Tackling Accountability
31:30 - Defining Success Criteria
36:39 - Clear Roadmaps
39:41 - Effective Handoffs
43:37 - Culture of Trust & Shared Growth
59:50 - Humility in Leadership
1:03:47 - Tools for Getting Actual Feedback
1:17:19 - Summary
Articles to Get Started
www.headway.io/blog/level-up-...
www.headway.io/even-keeled/te...
www.headway.io/blog/pair-prog...
Tools We Use at Headway
www.eosworldwide.com/eos-model
www.discprofile.com/what-is-disc
inscapevocations.com/m-core-m...
www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengt...
leadhonestly.com/
progressionapp.com/
Development - Project Health Check-Up
headwayio.typeform.com/dev-he...
#code #programming #leadership

Пікірлер: 13

@datdeejay6578 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the useful info - its nice to see the value tech leaders hold dear in improving team selection and productivity

@headwayio 2 жыл бұрын

We love hearing that! Thank you so much for the kind words.

@isaacaudu-usman2143 11 ай бұрын

This is insightful and powerful! Thanks

@headwayio 11 ай бұрын

Too kind! Let us know if you have any questions. Curious to know: What you found to be the most helpful within the presentation?

@eduardoflores1603 2 жыл бұрын

Great info!

@headwayio 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful. Which part of the discussion did you like the most? Anything you’d like to learn from our team?

@eduardoflores1603 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed bits and pieces of all the areas. As a developer growing into leadership roles I found the talk very informative and plan to implement some of these techniques. Keep the talks coming, I enjoyed learning from your team!

@headwayio 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Best of luck to you on your journey into leadership.

@user-rq2ei9us1f Жыл бұрын

Thought DISC was quackery.

@headwayio Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s not perfect, but it does give a starting point to understand how someone works day to day and the ways they like to communicate. For us we merge it with things like Kolbe Index and a few other exercises. There is no perfect way to find better ways to work with someone, but these are the tools we have that we find helpful so far and leverage when it makes sense.

@Trae4k 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it feels fairly accurate broadly by category, but like any personality test there are a lot of things that sound specific that are actually very vague and can apply to basically anyone. Based on your role and environment your personality could vary wildly as well. Im not normally direct but if the team needs someone to take lead and make decisions I can apply myself in that way, for example.

@chessmaster856 6 ай бұрын

Do you work or just keep talking. Looks like everyone dhould keep talking.

@DubTillStep 6 ай бұрын

I didn't know what to expect, but I'm quite disappointed about the Presentation and how less Valuable things you were saying for someone who studied IT. I'm sry, but it felt time-wasting.