Recap Edition: Top Organisation & Process Articles for 2020 I hope you all had a wonderful and sa
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January 3 · Issue #73 · View online
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Recap Edition: Top Organisation & Process Articles for 2020 I hope you all had a wonderful and safe(!) start to 2021. In this final recap edition, we kick of 2021 by finishing up the recap series on the most-read articles on Organisation and Process topics. See previous editions for the most read leadership (#71) and tech (#72) topics of 2020. I hope you enjoy this nice warm up to the new year. š If you find Level Up useful, please forward to someone you think would benefit. Stay safe and healthy š
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A look back at the top organisation and process articles shared in Level Up in 2020
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Google's Top Productivity Expert, Laura Mae Martin, Says This Is How You Should Spend Your Day
Reading time: 4mins Many leaders struggle to manager their time, so I really liked this short article sharing some advice from Googleās Executive Productivity Adviser (What a role!) Laura Mae Martin. If you have some more time, Iād also recommend watching some of her videos here.
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Engineering Productivity: Measure What Matters
Reading time: 5mins Every engineering manager struggles to think about what to measure. Gergely Nemeth (@nthgergo) offers his ideas about what to measure.
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How I Taught the āTeam from Hellā to Trust Each Other
Reading time: 10mins A key part of leadership roles includes building high performing teams. This is a fascinating case study from Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries about how he turned around a team. Given the current dynamic, I also found it fascinating how he did this through the use of virtual team coaching. š
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Principles for Managing a Remote Team
Reading time: 12mins
Jay Signorello (@jaysignorello), whoās been doing remote management for a while, shares his approach to managing a remote team. For me, these principles are good principles even if youāre leading/managing a co-located team. Itās still a great reminder
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Building psychological safety
Reading time: 7mins Psychological safety is one of the most important elements for building high performance teams. Itās also the elements leaders must actively build. In this article Richard McClean (@mcleanonline) points out psychological safety also means inclusive environments how they provide leaders with the tools and support to do so. š
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Impact of a bad decision vs time spent deciding | by Jason Yip
Reading time: 1mins A great reminder that not all decisions are equal, Jason Yip (@jchyip) offers a nice visual reminder about thinking through types of decisions.
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Creating a rewarding journey through an Engineering Growth Framework
Reading time: 4mins A natural part of many growing companies is putting together a growth framework (AKA career path/ladder/map). In this, Head of Engineering Will Lewis shares some details on how they connect this directly to compensation.
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23 Alternative Career Paths that Software Developers Can Grow Into
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Go Slow to Go Fast: Why Process Matters
Reading time: 8 mins Product Lead Kate Brennan at Stripe offers all of us great advice about process. Although the agile manifesto and start up culture might make people avoid process, a good process at the appropriate time can help tremendously (but still, people over process š). Kate shares a number of regular processes, how to run them and the value they offer. š
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Facebook vs. Google: 10 Contrasts for Engineering Careers
Reading time: 9mins Iām super fascinated at understanding and describing how culture differs across tech firms. In this LinkedIn Pulse, veteran tech Michael McNally shares his inside perspective of the contrasts he found working in Google and Facebook in more than 15 years. Lots of interesting food for thought for you to consider, what sort of culture do you want and cultivate in your teams?
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Managing feature toggles in teams
Reading time: 8mins Feature toggles are a key practice I see in teams using Continuous Delivery. I also hear a lot of teams/organisations unsure about how to use them. Paul Bƶrding and Steve Upton (@Steve_Upton) offer some good practices on using feature toggles.
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7 Tips to Optimize Remote Dev Team Productivity
Free E-Book: 39 pages An interesting free e-book from Microsoft with very practical tips about what leaders can do to improve developer team productivity in a remote setting. Thereās some great stories describing how remote teams can work effectively.
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