The Geeks Guide to Leading Teams @patkua ThoughtWorks The Geeks - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Geek’s Guide to Leading Teams @patkua ThoughtWorks

The Geek’s Guide to Leading Teams @patkua @patkua ThoughtWorks

Who am I?

Who am I?

Programmer Me! Who am I? Tech Lead Agile Coach

Author http://tiny.cc/retrobook Programmer Me! Who am I? Tech Lead Agile Coach

Why do we need a Tech Lead?

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Think this doesn’t happen in the real world?

@julianboot

@julianboot @thejayfields: I had ten guys on my last project, all of them had opinions and all of them were expressed in the code base #speakerconf Source: http://twitter.com/julianboot/status/232830267822309376

A simple test for an effective Tech Lead...

Does the codebase look like it was written by a single person? Yes No

What does a good Tech Lead focus on?

P P P

Programming P P

Programming People P

Programming People Process

Programming

Do effective Technical Leaders need to code? Programming

Do effective Technical Leaders need to code? Definitely! Programming

Do effective Technical Leaders need to code? Definitely! Programming

Do effective Technical Leaders need to code? Definitely! At least 30% of the time with the team Programming

Programming http://bit.ly/15Rm4z

“...respect is the currency of the realm” Programming http://bit.ly/15Rm4z

““The amount of respect an IT pro pays someone is a measure of how tolerable that person is when it comes to getting things done...”” Programming http://bit.ly/15Rm4z

Consistency over Cleverness Programming

Programming

Tabs OR Spaces Brackets OR not Curly brace end of line 2 Spaces OR 4 Spaces OR next line CamelCase OR Underscore Programming

Tabs OR Spaces Brackets OR not Curly brace end of line 2 Spaces OR 4 Spaces OR next line CamelCase OR Underscore Programming

Tabs OR Spaces Brackets OR not There are more important topics to spend time on... Curly brace end of line 2 Spaces OR 4 Spaces OR next line CamelCase OR Underscore Programming

Team Culture Programming

Team Culture Programming

Team Culture How long does the build stay broken? Programming

Team Culture How long does the build stay broken? Do people avoid conflict? Programming

Team Culture How long does the build stay broken? Do people avoid conflict? Do people offer new ideas? Programming

Team Culture How long does the build stay broken? Do people avoid conflict? Do people offer new ideas? Do people flag when they need help? Programming

Team Culture How long does the build stay broken? Do people avoid conflict? Do people offer new ideas? Do people flag when they need help? Do people feel okay to admit being wrong? Programming

Vision Programming

People

Strength in Diversity People

People

Woo Intellection Strategic Analytical Achiever Activator Input People

Fortune 500 companies with 3 or more women on the Board gain a significant performance advantage over those with the fewest People Source: Catalyst (2007) http://bit.ly/nEEfGX

Fortune 500 companies with 3 or more women on the Board gain a significant performance advantage over those with the fewest 73% 83% 112% Return on Sales Return on Equity Return on Invested Capital People Source: Catalyst (2007) http://bit.ly/nEEfGX

“...over the past six years, companies with at least some female board representation outperformed those with no women on the board in terms of share price performance.” People Source: Credit Suisse Research Institute (August 2012) http://bit.ly/Oozuvl

“...over the past six years, companies with at least some female board representation outperformed those with no women on the board in terms of share price performance.” 12% Return on Equity People Source: Credit Suisse Research Institute (August 2012) http://bit.ly/Oozuvl

“...over the past six years, companies with at least some female board representation outperformed those with no women on the board in terms of share price performance.” 12% 16% Return on Equity Return on Equity People Source: Credit Suisse Research Institute (August 2012) http://bit.ly/Oozuvl

People

Collective Average Accuracy + = Accuracy Diversity* People

Collective Average Accuracy + = Accuracy Diversity* * Requires ability to integrate People

Trust isn’t built in one day People

Growing People People

HIGH Challenge LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Source: Csikszentmihalyi, Flow (1990)

HIGH Anxiety Challenge LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Source: Csikszentmihalyi, Flow (1990)

HIGH Anxiety Challenge Boredom LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Source: Csikszentmihalyi, Flow (1990)

HIGH w o l F Anxiety Challenge Boredom LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Csikszentmihalyi, "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990)

HIGH w o l F Anxiety Challenge Boredom LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Csikszentmihalyi, "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990)

HIGH w o l F Anxiety Challenge Boredom LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Csikszentmihalyi, "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990)

HIGH w o l F Anxiety Challenge Boredom LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Csikszentmihalyi, "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990)

HIGH w o l F Anxiety Challenge Boredom LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Csikszentmihalyi, "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990)

HIGH w o l F Anxiety Challenge Boredom LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Csikszentmihalyi, "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990)

HIGH w o l F Anxiety Challenge Boredom LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Csikszentmihalyi, "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990)

HIGH w o l F Anxiety Challenge Boredom LOW Skill/Ability LOW HIGH People Csikszentmihalyi, "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990)

Maximising Potential People

People

Skills People

Skills Strengths People

Skills Goals Strengths People

Skills Interests Goals Strengths People

Interests Skills Sweet Spot Goals Strengths People

Interests Skills Goals Strengths People

Interests Skills Goals Strengths People

Interests Skills Goals Strengths People

Interests Skills Goals Strengths People

Learning Activities People

Brown Bag sessions Team code reviews Pair Programming Learning Activities Spike Showcases Video/Book Club Technical Retrospectives People

People

Beware the bad apple People “Bad Is Stronger Than Good” (2001) Baumeister et al

Process

Process

Is it okay to tell people what to do? Process Situational Leadership Model

Is it okay to tell people what to do? (but only sometimes) Yes Process Situational Leadership Model