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Software Project Leadership
Hosted by Dr Will · EN
Software Project Leadership is intended for SaaS founders, managers, and owner/operators who do not have a technical background but who are in a position that includes leading one or more technical projects. Starting a software development project is easy … but finishing it - successfully - is a different story.
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Habit # 06 - Synergize
Feb 7, 202400:04:10Tap to summarizeIf you thought “synergy” was yet another buzzword from the 80s (or 90s … ), like synchronicity, then you would be mistaken … unless you meant, like, 80 BC (or earlier).
Transcribe →What to Do When There Is Too Much to Do
Feb 6, 202400:04:19Tap to summarizeIf you have been following along the current best practices you know that the answer is not … “multitask.” But is that advice even possible to follow?https://www.etsy.com/listing/1632838223/tech-team-building-buzz-word-bingo
Transcribe →Habit 5: Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood
Nov 10, 202300:04:10Tap to summarizeThis is all about empathic listening … listening to understand … not just waiting for the other guy to finish so that you can say what is on your mind
Transcribe →Technology Leadership and Adler's Three Pillars
Oct 18, 202300:03:21Tap to summarizeWould it be outrageous for me to suggest that the primary function of leadership is to teach? Because the primary function of teaching is to lead …
Transcribe →Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Oct 4, 202300:05:04Tap to summarizeYou can’t turn around without stubbing your toe on win/win solutions … everybody talks that talk. We hear about win/win quite a bit. It is a buzzword mercilessly deployed by salespeople who at least pay it lip service. Reality may not be so kind, though.
Transcribe →TQM and A Growth Mindset
Sep 11, 202300:04:44Tap to summarizeHave you ever worked in - or with - an organization that really has taken the Quality message to heart?spl.drwill.co/freeconsult
Transcribe →Searching For A Solution
Aug 31, 202300:04:02Tap to summarizeJon is looking for a software solution for a specific problem - business model, actually. Seems he’s outgrown his spreadsheet.Jon “… suppl[ies] furniture to clients on an 'as and when' basis - i.e. we don't hold stock but order individual pieces for each client …” so he needs a solution that will “keep track on deliveries arriving to our office for purchases we've made on clients behalf.”
Transcribe →Bridge - Paradigms of Interdependence
Aug 7, 202300:05:08Tap to summarizeThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is organized into two sections - Private Victory and Public Victory. “Paradigms of Interdependence” is the bridge between them.spl.drwill.co/freeconsult
Transcribe →Envisioning a Software/Tech Product
Jul 31, 202300:04:26Tap to summarizePsychologists will tell you that what you aim at determines what you see rather than what you see determines what you aim at … see the difference? I guess you would need to aim at the difference to see it.Spl.drwill.co/freeconsult
Transcribe →Non-Technical Leaders of Technical Projects
Jul 19, 202300:05:55Tap to summarizeSo, I had a question from Tony V: “You gave three problems that non-technical technology project leaders have to figure out. I am a non-technical project lead on a software project … what do I need to know about these things?“
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