Six Tools To Improve Your Tech Leadership & Communication

Learn new leadership and communication tools, become a powerful motivator, and achieve leadership success

What you'll learn
How to avoid toxic forms of communication
How to forge alignment and avoid the dangers of consensus and groupthink
Force-field analysis: a great tool for making complex decisions
Introvert superpowers to bring out the Servant Leader in you
The five why's: a tool for questioning assumptions
Recognize managerial anti-patterns and resolve them in your organization
How to become a Service Designer and allow your team to lead you to success
Healthy and unhealthy use of power
… and much more!
Requirements
You should have a desire to become a better and more effective leader
You should be a beginner, intermediate, or advanced tech professional
No prior knowledge of leadership is required, but having an open mind is a plus
That's all!
Description

Leadership in tech is often ignored until it is too late. We all start out as junior developers or engineers, and slowly work our way up the corporate ladder. Then one day we open our eyes and look around, and we realize we're in charge of the team, a product, or the entire organization.
For some of us this leadership comes naturally, while for others it's a daily struggle. You might be thinking that leadership is something you're born with, but nothing could be further from the truth. 
Great leadership is a skill, just like coding and engineering, and it can be learned. 
Sonsoles and Mark spent many years working in tech organizations, some great, others not so much. Over the years they realized they were seeing the same toxic leadership patterns over and over. We call these patterns Managerial Anti-Patterns, and they arise out of weak personal power, a toxic communication style, or both.   
Being aware of these anti-patterns is the first step on your journey to become an outstanding tech leader.
If you want to become immune to these anti-patterns, you must first master a solid foundation of skills and tools. Sonsoles and Mark will teach you how to improve your communication, cultivate your personal power, and change your daily habits from the inside out, to become a powerful tech leader and achieve career success.
You'll learn to harness six tools of effective leadership and communication: use Introvert Superpowers, Align your team, Question assumptions, Embrace creativity, Become a Service Designer, and practice Healthy Decision Making.
With these tools you will:
Gain a robust understanding of what it takes to be an effective leaderLearn actionable tools to shift your mindset into a leadership mindsetEmbrace the role of Service Designer and let your team lead you to success
In the demanding, ever-changing workplaces of today, it’s not enough to be a manager. You must truly learn how to be a leader - someone who influences and transforms how others feel about themselves and the work they do.
Take action and learn how to harness the power of healthy tech leadership today!
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Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Course Introduction

Lecture 2 Your Skill Map

Lecture 3 Course Slides

Section 2: The Project Team - Leadership Roles

Lecture 4 Section Introduction

Lecture 5 Leadership Roles

Lecture 6 The Solution Architect

Lecture 7 The Senior VP Of Engineering

Lecture 8 The CTO

Lecture 9 Section Recap

Lecture 10 Your Skill Progress

Section 3: The Four Horsemen Of Toxic Communication

Lecture 11 Section Introduction

Lecture 12 Criticism And Defensiveness

Lecture 13 Contempt And Stonewalling

Lecture 14 Section Recap

Lecture 15 Your Skill Progress

Section 4: Toxic Leadership And Power

Lecture 16 Section Introduction

Lecture 17 Power

Lecture 18 Power Traps And Power Games

Lecture 19 Consensus And Groupthink

Lecture 20 Section Recap

Lecture 21 Your Skill Progress

Section 5: Leadership And Power Anti-Patterns

Lecture 22 Section Introduction

Lecture 23 Blowhard Jamboree

Lecture 24 The Corncob

Lecture 25 Irrational Management

Lecture 26 The Feud

Lecture 27 Intellectual Violence

Lecture 28 Section Recap

Lecture 29 Your Skill Progress

Section 6: Tools For Healthy Leadership

Lecture 30 Section Introduction

Lecture 31 Empowering The Introvert

Lecture 32 Creating Team Alignment

Lecture 33 The Five Why's

Lecture 34 Creative Cultures

Lecture 35 The Manager As Service Designer

Lecture 36 Healthy Decision-Making

Lecture 37 Section Recap

Lecture 38 Your Skill Progress

Section 7: Culture Of Fear Anti-Patterns

Lecture 39 Section Introduction

Lecture 40 Fear Of Success

Lecture 41 Analysis Paralysis

Lecture 42 Death By Planning

Lecture 43 Smoke And Mirrors

Lecture 44 Section Recap

Lecture 45 Your Skill Progress

Section 8: In Conclusion

Lecture 46 Final Words

Lecture 47 Course Recap

Lecture 48 Bonus Lecture

Beginner, intermediate, and advanced tech professionals who want to achieve a leadership role,New managers interested in growing their skills and learning how to become great leaders,Entrepreneurs looking to grow their own businesses and create high-functioning teams