Tips on considerations before hiring into your engineering team – from the 2020 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Adam Dangoor, senior engineer, technical interviewer and interview coach. Context Software engineering functions follow natural phases of maturation that largely reflect the status and sophistication of the product being developed, often along the lines of; Startup:Continue reading “People: How do you determine which attributes to hire for, in software engineering?”
Category Archives: People
People: Decisions, how do you decide what to do?
Tips on making better decisions across the company – from the 2019 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Peter Cain, change and growth Consultant at Anamosys. Context Much of management and leadership is about making decisions so we all need good ways to do this, be it decisions that we make alone, decisions that we empowerContinue reading “People: Decisions, how do you decide what to do?”
Growth: How do you delegate, let go and grow management?
Tips on delegation and growing a layer of management for busy managers and founders of growing technology companies – from the 2017 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Peter Cain, growth and change consultant at Anamosys Context If you remain in charge of most things you become a bottleneck. You’ll start to make poor decisionsContinue reading “Growth: How do you delegate, let go and grow management?”
People: How can founders improve personal performance and build a culture for success?
Tips on releasing the full potential of your people, through your own actions – from the 2019 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Dr Phil Johnson – Clinical Sports Psychologist, performance and executive coach. Context It can be lonely at the top for a boss. It can be hard to express feelings and thoughts. It isContinue reading “People: How can founders improve personal performance and build a culture for success?”
People: How do you get technical people to lead and manage?
Tips on encouraging engineers with leadership skills to explore this valuable trait – from the 2018 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Peter Cain, change and growth Consultant at Anamosys. Context It’s usually better to grow your own managers as they will already have the respect of the existing technical staff. They will understand your productsContinue reading “People: How do you get technical people to lead and manage?”
People: What is your leadership style? What works and what doesn’t?
Tips on adopting an effective leadership style for effective management of others, as a busy founder or manager of a growing technology company – from the 2018 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Peter Cain, change and growth Consultant at Anamosys. Context Your people want effective leadership. At times this means being consultative and supportive, whileContinue reading “People: What is your leadership style? What works and what doesn’t?”
People: How do you appraise your staff and deal with poor performance?
Tips on appraising staff and getting the best from those that are underperforming, for busy managers and founders of growing technology companies – from the 2017 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Peter Cain, growth and change Consulatant at Anamosys. Context Everything begins and ends with the culture of openness that you create; a culture inContinue reading “People: How do you appraise your staff and deal with poor performance?”
People: Why do good people leave, how can a business motivate them to stay?
Tips on nurturing and retaining your biggest asset, your best people – from the 2017 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Andrew Gifford, MD/founder and tech recruiter at techfolk. Context The cost of a good engineer leaving the business is typically six months’ salary. Double that for a management level colleague. Stay mindful that your businessContinue reading “People: Why do good people leave, how can a business motivate them to stay?”
People: How do you deal with culture change as you grow beyond the founders?
Tips on evolving company culture as it grows beyond the founding team – from the 2017 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Peter Cain, growth and change consultant at Anamosys Context It’s natural for the founders who started the business to experience a mixture of feelings as they prepare to grow the team. With care,Continue reading “People: How do you deal with culture change as you grow beyond the founders?”
People: How do you attract the best people to your business?
Tips on getting the right people into your tech company through the startup and early stages – from the 2017 series of Threads discussions. Discussion host: Andrew Gifford, Founder/MD and recruiter at techfolk Context Recruiting at the very earliest stage of the business is all about the personal relationships. It’s more like finding a life partner. ButContinue reading “People: How do you attract the best people to your business?”
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