🍇 Campus, Executive Presence, Micromanagement, Confident Leaders, Smart Teams, DEI, Trunk-Based Development, Holistic Testing: TMW #334

Hello again, welcome to the week

Yet more huge news for you this week, after the massive success of CTO Craft Con at the end of May..

We're thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of CTO Craft Campus: an innovative learning platform designed exclusively for CTOs and senior technology executives. Fuel your career growth and embrace lifelong learning with comprehensive resources, including videos, courses, workshops, webinars, assessments and articles.

You'll also be able to connect with a global network of experienced professionals, engage in enriching discussions and exchange invaluable insights, and collaborate with peers to shape the future of technology leadership. Here's a sneak peek....

You can pre-register for the alpha launch of CTO Craft Campus today and be the first to hear about the Campus roll-out over the summer. The alpha launch will have limited spaces available, so take the first step towards career advancement and enrol now.

Pre-register here: https://ctocraft.typeform.com/campus-prereg

That's it, on with the links!

Until next week

Andy @ CTO Craft

How pairing DORA with additional metrics can help teams achieve peak performance | CTO Craft

DORA metrics give engineering leaders insights into the performance of the software delivery lifecycle, but how can other metrics help?

CTO CraftThe Code Climate Team

Reads of the Week

5 Reasons Your High-Performance Employees Are Struggling

One management dilemma is when a high-performance person who ought to be getting better every day isn’t. I’ve seen this happen for 5 reasons.

Radical CandorKim Scott

A Practical Guide to Executive Presence

Let’s talk about an important and somewhat controversial topic: What it means to have executive presence, and how you can build it.

Stay SaaSyStay SaaSy

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Leadership, Strategy & Business

Micromanaging the Right Way

Micromanaging has gotten a bad rap that maybe it doesn’t deserve. Consider two of the most successful technology CEOs—Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

Jim Highsmith🌄🚲

Barriers to Change: Misalignment - NOBL Academy

If you can’t get your most experienced leaders aligned on a change, what hope does the rest of the organization have?

NOBL AcademyName

“Listen, Learn Then Lead”

What the US Army Can Teach Us About Leadership

Management MattersMargarida Afonso

8 Subtle Signs Someone Is a Genuine, Confident Leader

And not just another faker

Management MattersTobias Charles

Suzi McAlpine | The Art of Leadership | Why coaching can help you retain your people

Maybe it won’t surprise you, but studies show that 50% of people would fire their boss if they could. On top of that, 40% of employees between the ages of 24 and 35 are thinking about quitting their job.

Suzi McAlpine | The Art of LeadershipSuzi McAlpine

Culture, People & Teams

TBM 224: The Black Box

Your team is burnt out. They are not getting anything done. Work is “low quality”. You can see and feel those things. But what you are seeing is an output of something—the downstream effects of other things happening. In some companies this is a black box:

The Beautiful MessJohn Cutler

What Makes A Team Smarter? | David Burkus

In this article, we’ll outline what makes a team smarter through five evidence-based actions.

David Burkusdavid

When Blind Hiring Advances DEI — and When It Doesn’t

As a decision-making strategy, “blind hiring” involves blocking evaluators from receiving potentially biasing information about a job candidate until after an evaluation of their application materials are complete. Most famously, the tactic was used to boost the hiring of women in orchestras by havi…

Harvard Business ReviewSean Fath

Master How to Give Constructive Feedback: Lighthouse Method

Learn how to give constructive feedback your team will act on. Use the Lighthouse Method to master giving constructive feedback to bring out your team’s best.

Lighthouse - Blog About Leadership & Management AdviceJason Evanish

Technology, Operations & Delivery

Why I prefer trunk-based development - Trisha Gee

Trisha summarizes the advantages of trunk-based development (as opposed to branch-based development) in this blog post.

Trisha GeeTrisha Gee

The Definition of Ready and Its Dangers

Although not as popular as a Definition of Done, some Scrum teams use a Definition of Ready to control what product backlog items can enter an iteration.

Mountain Goat SoftwareMike Cohn

Embracing change with system-driven design

To embrace change, you have to make it easy and cheap. System-driven design is one way to do just that.

UX CollectiveJason Godesky

Learn how to apply the Holistic Testing Model - Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin

Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin explain the motivation behind and purpose of their mini-ebook on the Holistic Testing Model

Agile Testing with Lisa CrispinLisa Crispin

Stress, Wellbeing & Growth

The Feynman Learning Technique

Richard Feynman was one of the great scientists of the 20th century, making significant contributions to physics and other related fields. Part of what made him stand out was his gift for teaching. He had a remarkable knack for explaining some of the most complex things in ways anyone could understa…

Sketchplanations

Insights Into Stress Anxiety And Depression For Team Leaders

Stress, anxiety and depression are complex mental health conditions that can have significant impacts on individuals’ lives

People Development MagazineChristina Lattimer

My role was made redundant. Here’s 5 helpful things I did about it

‘Oh shit!’ That, among other words (most of which LinkedIn would ban me for), flashed through my mind when it was finally confirmed. The roles of myself and many fellow IBMers were being made redundant across #employerbranding, #talentacquisition, and #talentmarketing.

Ben Phillips

Decoding The 12 Stages Of Burnout For A Healthy Life

Are you burnt out? You may be experiencing the 12 stages of burnout which can have serious consequences for your physical and mental health.

The Minds JournalTheo Harrison

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