Effective Leadership: Collaboration For Software Engineers

Collaboration and Communication for Software Development

What you'll learn

Learn why listening, understanding, and empathizing can break communication barriers within a team

Learn what trust and authenticity means to team members

Learn how tone and intent can impact the collaboration within a team

Learn what accountability looks like in practice

Learn how to think about and apply some common, basic leadership principals to your day-to-day work

Increase your influence on technical and product direction within a technical team

Requirements

You will need to have some experience (6 months+) of working in a technical, product driven team.

Description

This course takes many of the common terms used to train technical leaders and talks through the impact of how you apply those terms to your day-to-day. This course focuses on the mentality and thought process that will help you continue to manage and grow your path into and through technical leadership.Apply Leadership Principals to Everyday WorkLearn how to break communication barriers by building relationships throughListeningUnderstandingEmpathyand TrustUnderstand how to pave communication pathways by inspiring connections throughTone and intentAuthenticityand AccountabilityVisualize real scenarios by walking through examples of individual contributor, leadership, and manager application.Course PurposeThis course is designed for those aspiring to become technical leaders or those that want to expand their reach and influence as technical leaders. As we walk through the terms and concepts that are regularly taught, you will get a glimpse of what the application looks like. This course focuses significantly on how you can approach thinking about these concepts that goes beyond just buzz words and ideologies on a company webpage.By the end of this course, you can evaluate and adjust your leadership style to effectively shape the values and culture of engineering departments and product teams.What will students learn in your course?Learn why listening, understanding, and empathizing can break communication barriers within a teamLearn what trust and authenticity means to team membersLearn how tone and intent can impact the collaboration within a teamLearn what accountability looks like in practiceLearn how to think about and apply some common, basic leadership principals to your day-to-day workIncrease your influence on technical and product direction within a technical teamThis course is designed for those aspiring to become technical leaders or those that want to expand their reach and influence as technical leaders.You will need to have some experience (6 months - 1 year) of working in a technical, product driven team.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Course Overview

Section 2: Breaking Barriers: Building Relationships

Lecture 2 Section Introduction

Lecture 3 Listen

Lecture 4 Understand

Lecture 5 Empathize

Lecture 6 Build Trust

Section 3: Paving Pathways: Inspiring Connections

Lecture 7 Section Introduction

Lecture 8 Tone & Intent

Lecture 9 Authenticity

Lecture 10 Accountability

Section 4: Conclusion: Application

Lecture 11 Section Introduction

Lecture 12 Application for Individual Contributors

Lecture 13 Application for Leaders

Lecture 14 Application for Managers

Lecture 15 Course Recap

This course is designed for those aspiring to become technical leaders or those that want to expand their reach and influence as technical leaders.