Technical Leadership Conference - Planning Phase Started

[Roy Osherove]

most of the software team leads we've all met are really clueless as to
having any people skills, or on how to drive people. In fact, their only
usual reason for leading the team is technical knowledge and time spent in
the company.
Because these team leadership skills are missing, software teams often fail
to adopt healthier practices, avoid dealing directly with tough problems,
and generally live in their own little bubble, perssisting the software
development problem.
If quality was the wave that we've all been trying to solve in the past few
years, now it's time to solve the leadership problem.

This conference will be a place for any software developer, future team
lead, and existing team lead to learn,share and teach others about the art
of leading people in the software industry.

If you believe in this cause - I'd love your help:
See this document for more details on how you can help
http://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AakV-MEnkYZvYWg5bTdxajlwdmtyXzFjOWQzcnRkdg&revision=_latest


--
Thanks,

Roy Osherove
www.TypeMock.com - Unit Testing, Plain Smart

Author of "The Art Of Unit Testing" (http://ArtOfUnitTesting.com )
A blog for team leaders: http://5Whys.com
my .NET blog: http://www.ISerializable.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/RoyOsherove
[phone] (GMT+2)

[Roy Osherove]

there is: groups.google.com/group/leading-teams

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Joe Ocampo <agilejoe@...> wrote:

>
>
> This is something I am very passionate about. My job as a director is to
> grow development managers. I can't tell you the countless times I have had
> to "repurpose" existing managment staff because they only cared about the
> technology. This is definitely something I am willing to talk at length at.
> Is there some other list group that is specifically addressing this point?
>
> Joe Ocampo
> agilejoe.lostechies.com
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Roy Osherove <royosherove@...<royosherove%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > most of the software team leads we've all met are really clueless as to
> > having any people skills, or on how to drive people. In fact, their only
> > usual reason for leading the team is technical knowledge and time spent
> in
> > the company.
> > Because these team leadership skills are missing, software teams often
> fail
> > to adopt healthier practices, avoid dealing directly with tough problems,
> > and generally live in their own little bubble, perssisting the software
> > development problem.
> > If quality was the wave that we've all been trying to solve in the past
> few
> > years, now it's time to solve the leadership problem.
> >
> > This conference will be a place for any software developer, future team
> > lead, and existing team lead to learn,share and teach others about the
> art
> > of leading people in the software industry.
> >
> > If you believe in this cause - I'd love your help:
> > See this document for more details on how you can help
> >
> >
> http://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AakV-MEnkYZvYWg5bTdxajlwdmtyXzFjOWQzcnRkdg&revision=_latest
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Roy Osherove
> > www.TypeMock.com - Unit Testing, Plain Smart
> >
> > Author of "The Art Of Unit Testing" (http://ArtOfUnitTesting.com )
> > A blog for team leaders: http://5Whys.com
> > my .NET blog: http://www.ISerializable.com
> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RoyOsherove
> > [phone] (GMT+2)
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--
Thanks,

Roy Osherove
www.TypeMock.com - Unit Testing, Plain Smart

Author of "The Art Of Unit Testing" (http://ArtOfUnitTesting.com )
A blog for team leaders: http://5Whys.com
my .NET blog: http://www.ISerializable.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/RoyOsherove
[phone] (GMT+2)

[Alan Dean]

I like the idea, but have to say that the chosen time is awfully close
to Christmas and that may deter attendees.

Regards,
Alan Dean
Sent from London, Greater London, United Kingdom

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Roy Osherove <roy@...> wrote:

>
>
>
> most of the software team leads we've all met are really clueless as to having any people skills, or on how to drive people. In fact, their only usual reason for leading the team is technical knowledge and time spent in the company.
> Because these team leadership skills are missing, software teams often fail to adopt healthier practices, avoid dealing directly with tough problems, and generally live in their own little bubble, perssisting the software development problem.
> If quality was the wave that we've all been trying to solve in the past few years, now it's time to solve the leadership problem.
> This conference will be a place for any software developer, future team lead, and existing team lead to learn,share and teach others about the art of leading people in the software industry.
> If you believe in this cause - I'd love your help:
> See this document for more details on how you can help
> http://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AakV-MEnkYZvYWg5bTdxajlwdmtyXzFjOWQzcnRkdg&revision=_latest
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Roy Osherove
> www.TypeMock.com - Unit Testing, Plain Smart
>
> Author of "The Art Of Unit Testing" (http://ArtOfUnitTesting.com )
> A blog for team leaders: http://5Whys.com
> my .NET blog: http://www.ISerializable.com
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/RoyOsherove
> [phone] (GMT+2)
>
>

[Finn Neuik]

I think it's a great idea. I often go to community events in London at
SkillsMatter and the technical events are always better attended than the
more people-orientated ones. The exception to this rule is when there's some
sort of buzzword attached such as "kanban" (not knocking kanban, as we've
been successfully using its techniques for a while now, just curious as to
what makes a non-technical topic interesting to technical people). With the
ones that are attended reasonably well it sometimes shocks me the sorts of
questions people ask as it reveals a lot about just where they are with
these things.

I have to agree with Alan though, at that time of year lots of people will
be moving around or will be otherwise occupied - earlier or later would be
much better.

Have fun
Finn

2009/10/14 Alan Dean <alan.dean@...>

>
>
> I like the idea, but have to say that the chosen time is awfully close
> to Christmas and that may deter attendees.
>
> Regards,
> Alan Dean
> Sent from London, Greater London, United Kingdom
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Roy Osherove <roy@...<roy%40osherove.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > most of the software team leads we've all met are really clueless as to
> having any people skills, or on how to drive people. In fact, their only
> usual reason for leading the team is technical knowledge and time spent in
> the company.
> > Because these team leadership skills are missing, software teams often
> fail to adopt healthier practices, avoid dealing directly with tough
> problems, and generally live in their own little bubble, perssisting the
> software development problem.
> > If quality was the wave that we've all been trying to solve in the past
> few years, now it's time to solve the leadership problem.
> > This conference will be a place for any software developer, future team
> lead, and existing team lead to learn,share and teach others about the art
> of leading people in the software industry.
> > If you believe in this cause - I'd love your help:
> > See this document for more details on how you can help
> >
> http://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AakV-MEnkYZvYWg5bTdxajlwdmtyXzFjOWQzcnRkdg&revision=_latest
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Roy Osherove
> > www.TypeMock.com - Unit Testing, Plain Smart
> >
> > Author of "The Art Of Unit Testing" (http://ArtOfUnitTesting.com )
> > A blog for team leaders: http://5Whys.com
> > my .NET blog: http://www.ISerializable.com
> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RoyOsherove
> > [phone] (GMT+2)
> >
> >
>  
>

[Roy Osherove]

I am still speaking to a vienna venue, and directly speaking to various
speakers.
If you'd want to arrange another event in your area (open spaces) that'd be
amazing as well!

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Raymond Lewallen <rlewallen@...>wrote:

> Any movement on this?  Should I take the reins on this and start running
> with it?
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Joe Ocampo <agilejoe@...> wrote:
>
>> This is something I am very passionate about.  My job as a director is to
>> grow development managers. I can't tell you the countless times I have had
>> to "repurpose" existing managment staff because they only cared about the
>> technology. This is definitely something I am willing to talk at length at.
>>  Is there some other list group that is specifically addressing this point?
>>
>> Joe Ocampo
>> agilejoe.lostechies.com
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Roy Osherove <royosherove@...>wrote:
>>
>>> most of the software team leads we've all met are really clueless as to
>>> having any people skills, or on how to drive people. In fact, their only
>>> usual reason for leading the team is technical knowledge and time spent in
>>> the company.
>>> Because these team leadership skills are missing, software teams often
>>> fail to adopt healthier practices, avoid dealing directly with tough
>>> problems, and generally live in their own little bubble, perssisting the
>>> software development problem.
>>> If quality was the wave that we've all been trying to solve in the past
>>> few years, now it's time to solve the leadership problem.
>>>
>>> This conference will be a place for any software developer, future team
>>> lead, and existing team lead to learn,share and teach others about the art
>>> of leading people in the software industry.
>>>
>>> If you believe in this cause - I'd love your help:
>>> See this document for more details on how you can help
>>>
>>> http://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AakV-MEnkYZvYWg5bTdxajlwdmtyXzFjOWQzcnRkdg&revision=_latest
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Roy Osherove
>>> www.TypeMock.com - Unit Testing, Plain Smart
>>>
>>> Author of "The Art Of Unit Testing" (http://ArtOfUnitTesting.com )
>>> A blog for team leaders: http://5Whys.com
>>> my .NET blog: http://www.ISerializable.com
>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/RoyOsherove
>>> [phone] (GMT+2)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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Roy Osherove
www.TypeMock.com - Unit Testing, Plain Smart

Author of "The Art Of Unit Testing" (http://ArtOfUnitTesting.com )
A blog for team leaders: http://5Whys.com
my .NET blog: http://www.ISerializable.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/RoyOsherove
[phone] (GMT+2)