Tricia Broderick talks with Dave Rael about the technical and the human, leadership, lifestyle, mistakes, and understanding that you're probably wrong
Passionately focused on leading high-performance teams, Tricia Broderick has more than twenty years of experience. Her leadership, training and coaching at all levels of an organization, helped lay the groundwork to shift teams from one-year product cycles to feasible daily delivery of high-quality software and services. With this first-hand experience, she openly shares stories and examples to inspire people to reach new heights through continuous reflection and growth. Tricia is an exceptional leader, coach, mentor, facilitator, trainer, and popular speaker at national conferences.
Chapters:
0:32 - Dave introduces the show and Tricia Broderick3:57 - Problems in software development leadership and dysfunction in career paths10:20 - The appeal of the technical13:04 - How Tricia moved into leadership17:32 - The reasons for leaders to refrain from doing individual contribution22:31 - The meaning of leadership26:19 - "User Acceptance"28:02 - Management and parenting29:50 - Tricia's story of failure - sending mixed messages, an experiment at recognition that didn't do what was intended35:46 - Tricia's advice to young leaders37:26 - Understanding perspectives in conflict and drama40:12 - Deciding what things are better left unsaid41:38 - Tricia's book recommendations43:44 - Tricia's designed lifestyle47:45 - Tricia's top 3 tips for delivering more value50:31 - Keeping up with Tricia
Resources:
Agile For All
Lead to the Edge
Llewellyn Falco on Developer On Fire
BEA Systems
Jake Calabrese
TechSmith
The Agile Retrospective Prime Directive
Tricia's book recommendation:
Training From the Back of the Room!: 65 Ways to Step Aside and Let Them Learn - Sharon L. Bowman
How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable - Patrick Lencioni
The Human Side of Agile - How to Help Your Team Deliver - Gil Broza
Tricia's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
Understand that you're probably wrong about what value is
Be OK with it never possibly being done
It's about people