by Pat Sweet | Mar 17, 2022 | Leadership, Podcast
In this episode, I discuss digital transformation projects with speaker, author, and former football player Tanvir Bhangoo, and why these projects are much less reliant on technology than you might expect.
by Pat Sweet | Feb 8, 2022 | Leadership, People Management, Podcast, Project Management
Dolores Hirschmann believes that clarity of message is critical to effective leadership. A leader’s team can’t buy in to a vision without first understanding it. In today’s episode, Dolores helps engineering leaders understand the importance of clarity of message, how to tell if your messaging is clear, and provides practical steps on how to improve your communications.
by Pat Sweet | Feb 1, 2022 | Leadership, People Management, Podcast
Ralf Specht is on a mission to rid the world of soulless companies. On today’s episode, he explains why it’s good for business for a company to have soul, and gives great advice on how to reinvigorate your organization with the “Soul System”.
by Pat Sweet | Nov 2, 2021 | Leadership, People Management, Podcast
Joseph Seiler has spent his career helping engineers do incredible work by empowering them and stepping back to let them do incredible work – first as the president and CEO of his own company, and today as a Master Certified Coach. Joseph’s experience provides incredible lessons learned for engineering managers of all stripes, most especially the value of coaching as an engineering manager.
by Pat Sweet | Oct 25, 2021 | Leadership, People Management, Podcast
Peter Drucker, the father of modern management thinking once said that “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” That wasn’t a knock on how important strategy is, rather, he’s emphasizing the importance that culture plays within an organization.
Today’s guest would share that sentiment. Today, I speak with Dan Langevin, the CTO of Vericred about the role culture plays in a technical organization, and specifically about the importance of both accountability and curiosity for Vericred’s engineering team.
by Pat Sweet | Oct 18, 2021 | Leadership, People Management, Podcast, Productivity, Project Management
Meetings are a fact of organizational life. The fact that so few of us have ever been trained to run excellent meetings is a bit of a shock. We all know they’re needed, and we all know they’re mostly painful and wasteful. If you follow even a few of the ideas in this episode, you and your team will be more engaged, efficient, and effective in your work.