What you'll learn:
- Equip yourself with the skills you need to seamlessly integrate into new or existing tech teams.
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of your organization's structure, personnel, and reporting dynamics.
- Develop an understanding of your organization's products, their features, pain points, and future strategies.
- Improve your performance by learning efficiency tips and cultivating productivity-boosting habits.
- Implement tactical strategies to ensure swift and successful outcomes in your daily work.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by investing in your own professional development and championing the development of your direct reports.
- Manage risks effectively, enabling you to navigate challenges and uncertainties with confidence and foresight.
- Make inclusive, transparent, and data-driven decisions within your tech management role, creating a trusting, innovative environment.
My tag line at work is Do. Fail. Learn. Repeat. Ihave done this more times than I can remember as a leader in Tech. My motivation for creating this course is so that those who take this course can learn from my experiences and my hope is that you all can jump directly to LEARN in this cycle so that you can start further along than I did. You will still Do. Fail. Learn. Repeat. But with this course assisting you in your journey, you should have fewer cycles.
For more than 16 years, I have been leading software development teams and Ihave added what Ithink are the most important topics Ibelieve are needed to master in your first 90 days as a new Tech Manager. Many of these strategies should and will be used beyond and are just good tips for all Tech Managers regardless of your background.
This course is filled with concrete examples. There is a lot of What to do as well as examples on How to do it.
In this course you will:
Use proven techniques to build strong collaborative relationships with your colleagues.
Empower your direct reportsto grow their skills and resilience.
Gain the knowledge to create high-performing teams
Learn practices for building Products with a mindset of security and performance first
Quickly mitigate risk
More transparently, and inclusively make data driven decisions
Take advantage of time management practices
After implementing the strategies in this course,your hiring manager will be 100% satisfied that they made the right choice by hiring you,as you will up-skill more quickly than the average new hire and deliver collective wins within your first month on your team. You will have a solid foundation to boost your productivity, make decisions, and develop the skills that both your organization and your direct reports need to thrive.
