Many people are reluctant to comment on a finished product, because they consciously or unconsciously believe it won’t change. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AmW6n #TheFingerprintPrinciple #LeadingChange #InviteCollaboration

Most of people don’t love hearing there’s a problem. But it is much better to hear about a problem when it is small. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AopEt #DontLetProblemsHIde #voice #DontLetProblemsHide

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"This means offering direction without over-specifying." https://lttr.ai/AtVc5 #SelfLeadership #Leadership #TechnicalLeadership

Technical leaders recognize when a decision made in one part of the system will create problems in another. https://lttr.ai/As3bH #TechnicalLeadership #CreateAlignment

I often talk about how small adaptations to the work environment can make everyone more effective. But what do I mean by the environment, and exactly what can you do when you don't have positional authority? New pod on this here: changebyattraction.simplecast.com/episodes/ada... #leadership

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I often talk about the ability to adjust the environment as a key skill for leaders… and by this I mean small L leaders, not just those who have a formal position. When you can adjust the environment...

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The ability to communicate tradeoffs in language that doesn’t require a deep technical background is a real skill. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AsfWo #TechLeadership #Tradeoffs #StaffPrincipalEngineer

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One of the most common failure modes for senior technical contributors is the pull toward doing rather than guiding. Read the full article: Tech Leadership: Be a Multiplier ▸ https://lttr.ai/ArKX7 #SelfLeadership #Leadership #TechnicalLeadership

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One path goes toward management with more focus on “people stuff.” The other stays technical — Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect. Read the full article: Technical Leadership is Leadership ▸ https://lttr.ai/AqM8o #TechnicalLeadership #StaffEngineer #SeniorStaffEngineer

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You can write a book review saying you like or dislike a book, but your review will not change the book The time for input is well before the product is on the shipping dock. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AmW6m #TheFingerprintPrinciple #LeadingChange #InviteCollaboration

The “collaborative” leader who, under pressure, makes unilateral decisions and calls it “just moving fast.” The gap between how we intend to show up and how we do isn’t dishonesty. It’s a pattern we can’t see from inside it. #FirstLeadYourself #Leadership

Making it easier for people to speak up will lead to better decisions and actions. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AopEs #DontLetProblemsHIde #voice #DontLetProblemsHide

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Technical leaders can see misalignment coming before it arrives. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AruGj #TechnicalLeadership #CreateAlignment

Empathy and offering honest feedback are both skills every leader needs. Some people think you cannot have both. This is false. #firstLeadYourself #Empathy #Feedback

Self-awareness isn’t having opinions about yourself. It’s observing your own patterns while they’re running. Noticing when you’re triggered, not just afterward. That’s the root of almost everything else in leadership. #FirstLeadYourself

Technical leadership at scale requires a different orientation: creating the conditions for others to do great work, rather than doing the great work yourself. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/ArYrT #SelfLeadership #Leadership #TechnicalLeadership

The leaders who keep growing don't depend on motivation. They depend on design. A 15-minute reflection. One article at lunch. One question at the start of every 1:1. Not heroic. Consistent. Consistency, over time, is the whole game. #SelfLeadership www.congruentchange.com/first-lead-y...

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When tradeoffs aren't visible, ppl may choose a path without fully understanding what they’re giving up. Read the full article: Tech Leadership: Make Tradeoffs Visible ▸ https://lttr.ai/ArREJ #TechLeadership #Tradeoffs #StaffPrincipalEngineer

Motivation is unreliable. Some mornings I wake up ready. Many mornings I don't. If my work depended on feeling inspired, it would happen about twice a month. #SelfLeadership #DesignYourHabits

The leaders who plateau aren't the ones who lacked talent. They're the ones who kept waiting for someone else to drive their growth. You don't need permission to read, reflect, or ask hard questions. That part is yours. www.congruentchange.com/first-lead-y... #Leadership #ContinuousLearning

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Nobody is coming to own your professional development. Not your manager. Not HR. Not the next reorg. Not the leadership program that keeps getting cut when budgets get tight. #ItIsYourCareer #SelfLeadership

A Staff Engineer who raises a concern in an architecture review that causes the team to change course–that’s leadership. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AqM8n #TechnicalLeadership #StaffEngineer #SeniorStaffEngineer

Like surfacing tradeoffs, it requires leadership skills, not just technical ones. Read the full article: Tech Leadership: Create Alignment �� https://lttr.ai/Aq2bt #TechnicalLeadership #CreateAlignment

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When people feel seen, they open up. The stalled negotiation starts moving. The withdrawn team member re-engages. Empathy isn't about agreement, it's about acknowledgment. It costs nothing and changes everything.
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Most ppl think empathy is about being nice. It's not. It's about understanding how other people see and feel things. What surprises people: empathy is a learnable skill.The leaders who develop are consistently more effective than the ones who don't. #SelfLeadership #Empathy

"Decision-makers who aren’t technically savvy may be attracted to the promise of new technologies without fully grasping the risks." https://lttr.ai/Aqcq2 #TechLeadership #Tradeoffs #StaffPrincipalEngineer

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The hardest decisions I've made weren't hard because I didn't know the options. They were hard because two things I cared about were pulling in opposite directions. Growth vs. stability.. Speed vs. quality. Not getting fired vs doing the right thing. #CoveValues #LeadYourself

Presenting an idea in lo-fi communicates it is not complete. To reinforece your desire for input, use a sketching tool (or pencil and paper) rather than a vector graphics tool. Read more ��� https://lttr.ai/AmW6l #TheFingerprintPrinciple #LeadingChange #InviteCollaboration

When I was a corporate employee, my calendar was always packed. Meeting after meeting. By the end of the day, I'd been going 100 mph and gotten further behind. The organization rewarded people who were always slammed. But busy and productive are not the same thing. #TimeToThink #SelfLeadership

"When a Principal Engineer sets a standard for how code gets reviewed and the whole team gradually rises to it, that’s leadership." https://lttr.ai/AqM8m #TechnicalLeadership #StaffEngineer #SeniorStaffEngineer

When something goes wrong, our brains assign blame fast. It's a survival mechanism — we process threats and protect ego. But unless there's an actual tiger, the urge to react immediately is almost always suboptimal. #SelfLeadership #Curiosity