As a manager your job is to support others to enable them to have great impact and at times it can be hard for you as a manager to measure your own success and feel accomplishment in the work that you do. Compared to engineering, where you get instant feedback from compilers and tests, the …
Good leadership – what does it mean to me?
I apply leadership to influence the people that I work with and I always do my best to be a good leader. The leadership I try to apply is the kind of leadership that I believe in, a leadership that is based on my core values. What is a good leader? A good leader makes …
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Feedback as a gift
"If you would not have told me about it in the first place, I would not have known that this was something I should work on and I am so happy that I now am improving this behavior" Feedback from an employee that had gotten valuable feedback We have all heard that feedback should be …
Creating a tech vision and get everyone onboard
We recently finished a tech vision work where we reached a new vision that everyone understands and see the benefits of. The vision is quite different from where we stand today. When we started this work, reaching a vision that people agreed upon felt almost impossible since we started off having people in different "camps" …
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You just became a manager – what does that mean?
First, congratulations on your choice of role - this is the start of a journey where you will be able to support people and teams to create things they did not know they could do! And welcome to a journey where your success will be determined by how well you know yourself and your ability …
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The work we do as managers
My job as a manager is about doing what I can to make the people and the organization successful. I have impact by applying my leadership to help drive things forward. Sometimes I get questions about what being a manager is all about; what are the responsibilities and what are managers actually doing. I like …
How to do the one on one conversations
I have been a manager in engineering for quite some time and I feel comfortable about having conversations with people in general but when I started doing frequent 1:1s I still felt it was quite a challenge. How could I create enough value from these conversations? Spending time with me had to be at least …
How to drive motivation
From time to time I end up having broader discussions with people about motivation. It could be when someone is thinking of a new challenge, feels unmotivated or frustrated or wants to create a long term plan for their career but don't know where they want to go. I have done a few different sessions …
One take on a what is needed in a good culture
People need the right skills to be productive but they also need to be in an environment that is enabling them to deliver at their best capabilities. People are collaborating with others to deliver results why we need to have a good way of collaborating to reach as much impact as possible. We need to …
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A Powerful question to drive improvements
A small step forward in the right direction will take us closer to the target no matter where we start or where are heading. I have a question that I use frequently in coaching conversations to understand the current state of things and even more importantly to understand what the person can do to make …
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Engineering Leadership in Practice by Åsa Ranneby 