Hello Tech Pros - Motivation, Soft Skills & Business Advice
36 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago -A daily show focused on motivation, productivity, leadership, technology, communication, entrepreneurship and work/life balance. This show aired 2016-2017.
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What Software Developers Really Mean
February 12, 2017 11:00 - 30 minutes - 38.9 MBWhat software developers say and what they mean are sometimes two different things. Or to put it another way, what software developers say and what you hear are two different things. In this episode we discuss common statements from software developers and parse them for clues into their true intention. Learn how to improve the communication between developers and non-developers, go to hellotechpros.com/manage.
Legal 101 For Your Tech Startup — Radiance Harris on Leadership
December 21, 2016 11:30 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBRadiance Harris is the founder and managing attorney of Radiance IP Law. She provides outside general counsel services to startups with an emphasis on trademark law, copyright law, advertising law, and business contracts. She takes care of the day-to-day legal matters for startups so that they can focus on doing what they love and have peace of mind about the rest. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/radiance-harris-leadership/ What You Will Learn in This Episode The ABCs of busine...
Technocentricity — The Fifth Dysfunction of a Software Team
December 14, 2016 11:30 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBThis is episode 5 in the series: The Five Dysfunctions of a Software Development Team, modeled after the book by Patrick Lencioni. Access the full series at hellotechpros.com/team. What You Will Learn in This Episode Why falling in love with technology can actually be a detriment to a technology professional. Why you need to spend more time learning about the industry and business objectives than you do about the newest technology. Free resources to learn about your business indus...
Avoidance of Leadership — The 4th Dysfunction of a Software Team
December 07, 2016 11:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBThis is episode 4 in the series: The Five Dysfunctions of a Software Development Team, modeled after the book by Patrick Lencioni. Access the full series at hellotechpros.com/team. What You Will Learn in This Episode An overview of Patrick Lencioni's fourth dysfunction of a team: avoidance of accountability. The excuses developers use to avoid leadership. The 3 real issues that being a leadership introduces into our lives. Seven easy ways to start being a leader without being a ...
The Second Dysfunction of a Software Team: Social Anxiety
November 23, 2016 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBThis is episode 2 in the series: The Five Dysfunctions of a Software Development team, modeled after the book by Patrick Lencioni. Access the full series at hellotechpros.com/team. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/social-anxiety-leadership/ What You Will Learn in This Episode An overview of Patrick Lencioni's second dysfunction of a team: fear of conflict. Why software developers want to think, work and socialize like Commander Spock. How a technical lead or architect can dera...
The First Dysfunction of a Software Team: Cowboy Coding
November 16, 2016 10:30 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBThis is episode 1 in the series: The Five Dysfunctions of a Software Development team, modeled after the book by Patrick Lencioni. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/cowboy-coding-leadership/ What You Will Learn in This Episode An overview of Patrick Lencioni's 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. The kinds of mess that Cowboy Coders create. The similarities between Cowboy Coders and Rockstars that make you want to love them. Why some developers don't want to work in a team. What you s...
When and How to Bring on Help for Your Startup
October 26, 2016 09:30 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBThis is Part 3 of the free 7-day audio and email course Start Your First Business. What You Will Learn In This Episode How to make the decision to either bootstrap or find investors. Why you need to build as much value in your company as possible before bringing in an outsider. How to use your customer avatar to identify the most important tasks that need to get accomplished. An easy 5-step process to determine which tasks you do, which you outsource and which you should forget ...
Why Competition Sucks When You Should Be Collaborating — Corey Grusden on Leadership
October 19, 2016 09:30 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBCorey Grusden has been programming computers for 25 years, and has built software for government, education, and numerous companies. A few years ago he decided to cofound a software development consultancy to build web and mobile apps. They have been profitable since day 1. Corey's entire team works remotely, and through a dedicated process, build applications and platforms as efficiently as possible. Corey started programming at eight years old. He's been working on growing a softwa...
How to Grow From Uber-Geek to Self-Aware to Geek-Leader — Tom Cooper on Leadership
October 12, 2016 09:30 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBTom Cooper, father of 7, started out his career as a computer geek. Along his journey he worked in big and small companies building teams, running projects, and building software products. Today Tom is a speaker, trainer and coach. He says he gets really excited when he works with people who want to become better leaders by getting better at planning, communicating and connecting with others. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/tom-cooper-leadership/ What You Will Learn in This Episod...
Jedi Mind Tricks to Influence Your Colleagues into Action Without Pissing Off the Empire (Or Your Boss)
October 05, 2016 09:30 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBCareer Hyperdrive Course: Day 3 The Career Hyperdrive Course is a free 7 day email and audio course for technical professionals to help launch your career into hyperspace. Each module in this course is designed to help you overcome a major barrier to your career growth. Here's what you're going to get out of the course. The motivation you need to overcome your biggest career obstacles and navigate asteroids. Productivity tips to help you crush it at work without killing your perso...
Helicopter Bosses and Cash Flow FinTech — Kevin Jean-Charles on Leadership
September 28, 2016 09:30 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBKevin Jean-Charles is the Founder of Transparency Financial Technology Corp which owns and operates Finslide brand, a personal cashflow technology that services families and individuals. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/kevin-jean-charles-leadership/ Key Takeaways What is the #1 priority to your brand? Are you enabling your employees to be successful in that area? Support your employees but don't be a "helicopter boss." No hovering. Don't count the hours, count the moments and...
How to Increase Staff Retention Without Being a Bully — Maggie Georgopoulos on Leadership
September 21, 2016 09:30 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBMaggie Georgopoulos is the Leading Global authority on career development for women in male dominated industries. She is the author of the upcoming book, Up the Ladder in a Skirt, which is hailed as the book for women in challenging roles globally. A mechanical engineer who climbed to the top of the leadership ladder, Maggie was the executive chairman of a large agricultural company, responsible for the 75% increase in the retention of staff through career development pathways, by the age o...
Treat Your Employees the Way You Want Them to Treat the Company — Eric Fisher on Leadership
September 14, 2016 09:30 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBEric Fisher is the .NET Content Author for Code School. He also has over 10 years of experience as a software developer. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/eric-fisher-leadership/ Key Takeaways Are you recognizing the extra effort and overtime that your salaried employees are putting in, or are you just docking them for taking time off? From a Total Cost of Ownership perspective, it's important to track time on projects and support, but not to belittle good employees. Problem so...
Why Tech Lead Positions Are So Lonely — Patrick Kua on Leadership
September 07, 2016 09:30 - 41 minutes - 38 MBPatrick Kua is a Technical Principal Consultant for ThoughtWorks in London. He is a conference speaker and author of "The Retrospective Handbook" and "Talking with Tech Leads" and is passionate about bringing a balanced focus on people, organization and technology. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/patrick-kua-leadership/ Key Takeaways Horrible bosses don't have to be managers, they can be more senior people on the team. Personal issues should be taken offline, after calming down...
Why Leaders Need to Understand the New Trinity of Power — Chris Surdak on Leadership
August 31, 2016 09:30 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBChris Surdak is an award winning author, futurist, technologist and former rocket scientist. Chris writes about technology disruption and help companies navigate the accelerating changes around us. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/chris-surdak-leadership/ Key Takeaways Set a longterm goal with meticulous planning, be flexible to change in the future, monitor along the way, and be open to frequent fast failure. Don’t be afraid to be wrong or make a mistake. Look at the bigger...
Founders Invest in Improving 1-on-1's Through Duuoo.io — Dennis Green-Lieber on Leadership
August 24, 2016 09:30 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBDennis Green-Lieber is a product/business developer at Founders, a startup studio based in Copenhagen, Denmark and the co-founder of duuoo.io. Dennis is a veteran in the marketing technology space in the agency world and turned into a startup kid as Head of R&D at Falcon.io, where he grew the team from 2 to 50 over 2.5 yr with $23M investment. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/dennis-green-lieber-leadership/
You Have What It Takes to Be a Great Leader, Here's How — Rennie Cook on Leadership
August 17, 2016 09:30 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBRennie Cook is an executive coach, trainer and speaker. He specializes in working with executives who are frustrated with their own performance, or their team's, and offers leadership, management and team development solutions. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/rennie-cook-leadership/
Using Systems Architecture to Build Teams — Scott Jancy on Leadership
August 10, 2016 09:30 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBScott Jancy has worn several hats over the course of his career: historian, architect, Naval Officer, planner, and most recently, as a consultant working globally on small and large scale infrastructure development projects. He works closely with leadership teams to help them set vision and strategy, create new sources of value, and adapt to continuous change. Trained as an historian and an architect, Scott has a background that gives him an understanding of how systems evolve and the role...
Help Desk to Infrastructure Engineer to IT Director — Zach Hughes on Leadership
August 03, 2016 09:30 - 43 minutes - 40 MBZach Hughes is the Director of Technical Services at CHS, Inc. He has 17 years of experience in enterprise IT infrastructure in a variety of disciplines including cloud computing, application hosting, data centers, converged infrastructure, security, and IT leadership. He is passionate about innovating infrastructure technology solutions that create a competitive advantage for business. Prior to CHS, Zach held various IT leadership and Sr. Engineering positions at Wells Fargo and GMAC Financ...
How to Sell Your Ideas to Your Boss — Mike Crandall on Leadership
July 27, 2016 09:30 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBLeadership and sales is similar. It's about influencing and getting buy-in. Your audience has to have confidence in you to embrace your idea. Mike Crandall is a Speaker, Consultant, Coach and Trainer focused on Proactive Business Growth. He is brought in by Business Owners and Executives to work on the Behaviors, Attitudes, Techniques, and Guts needed to be more Successful in Business Improvement, Sales Growth, and Employee Development. His firm specializes in helping identify the Blind Sp...
Delegate, Empower and Build Trust — Tarek Dina on Leadership
July 20, 2016 09:30 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBA product of the University of Oklahoma, Tarek Dina is an accomplished entrepreneur, boasting a highly-skilled 19-year career reflecting a clear leadership style of identifying, developing, and implementing business solutions for a wide variety of clientele. He started a web design firm, Levant Technologies, in 2003. It has grown to be one of the leading companies in the Oklahoma City metro area, winning best web design firm for four consecutive years. His outstanding management skills have ...
Lead With Consistency — Carson Heady on Leadership
July 13, 2016 10:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBCarson Heady is a published author of two sales books and numerous articles on selling and leadership who has served at multiple levels of sales management in his career. He has worked in technology, advertising and telecommunications. Carson lives in St. Louis, MO with his wife and daughter. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/carson-heady-leadership/ Sponsors Burdene - The bot that remembers where you parked your car. Levant Technologies - Voted Oklahoma's #1 website design and d...
Why Toyota Doesn't Manage From the Conference Room — Jason Burt on Leadership
July 06, 2016 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBJason Burt learned many leadership lessons while working with Toyota including being intimately connected with the problems that trouble the team. Jason Burt owns Evolve Holdings LLC and has over 20 years of leadership and cultural change experience based on learnings from working with Toyota (TPS/Lean). Jason has worked in many industries and has been able to use his learning to help guide many companies to increased profitability through implementation of the Toyota philosophies. Jason...
Why Great Dev Managers are Like Pirate Ship Captains — Jeff Maxwell on Leadership
June 29, 2016 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBIf the Command and Control management style is like the British Armada then do dev managers need to be a lot more like pirate ship captains? Jeff Maxwell is an application architect with experience in Fortune 100 corporations, a longtime software developer and lifelong Oklahoma State Cowboy alumnus. Jeff was a prior guest of Hello Tech Pros on episode 2 where we discussed Productivity and how Jeff took a $1 million project and reduced the team size from 25 to 4 people by restructuring th...
Business Acumen — The 9 Critical Attributes in Performance Reviews: Part 3
June 22, 2016 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBThis is part three in a three part series, focused on the 3 business-focused attributes that build a connection and value to the business. Part 1: Getting Personal Part 2: Teamwork Download the Performance Feedback Cheatsheet Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/performance-feedback-business-leadership/ Key Takeaways The Personal-Centric Attributes are Integrity, Energy, Accountability. Listen to Part 1. Integrity is the basis for trust. Listen to Part 2. Passion is ab...
Measuring Teamwork — The 9 Critical Attributes in Performance Reviews: Part 2
June 15, 2016 09:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBThis is part two in a three part series, focused on the 3 team-centric attributes that help get you on more critical projects, have more input on the process and increase demand for your work. Part One: Personal-Centric Attributes Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/performance-feedback-team-leadership/ Key Takeaways Hello Tech Pros new mission is to help you Build Your Career, Build your Product and Build Your Business. It's critical to assess your personal or your team's perfo...
The 9 Critical Attributes in Performance Reviews: Part 1
June 08, 2016 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBThis is part one in a three part series, focused on the 3 personal attributes that help build trust, respect and likability in the workplace. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/performance-feedback-personal-leadership/ Key Takeaways Hello Tech Pros new mission is to help you Build Your Career, Build your Product and Build Your Business. It's critical to assess your personal or your team's performance at least once or twice a year. Determine where we are vs where we want to be ...
You're No Longer a Manager, You're Now a Leader - Leadership Wednesday with Bryan Sherlock
June 01, 2016 09:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBBryan Sherlock encourages leaders to build trust with their team and understand what they most value. Bryan Sherlock has been an Information Technology Leader for over 18 years. He’s held numerous leadership positions focused on the varied aspects software development teams, including Solution Design, Data Design, Application Development, SAP ABAP, System Integration, Data Development, Database Administration, and Platform Administration. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/bryan-sher...
Why a Leader's Accolades Means Nothing - Leadership Wednesday with Leon Fowler
May 25, 2016 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBAfter working for an insecure boss that constantly belittled employees for their lack of a college degree, Leon recalled sage words from his father. It was this point in his career that he began to appreciate the work ethic and servitude instilled into him by Leon Senior. Leon II now lives and works under the guiding question, "Is there anything else I can do for you?" Leon Fowler II over the past 10 years has worked for a Fortune 100 company in web development as well as supporting vendor...
Similarities and Differences Between Management Roles - Leadership Wednesday with Brian Freid
May 18, 2016 09:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBBrian Freid breaks down the difference between upward management and servant-leadership by discussing examples of both during his years in software development. He also takes the time to explain the similarities and differences between various management roles. Since 2001 Brian Freid has held several management positions from Resource Manager to Program and Project manager. Brian has worked in several industries from Games Development to Hospitality, Resorts, Telecom and Hospitals. While t...
What Would Your Employees Say About You? - Leadership Wednesday with Shelli Austin
May 11, 2016 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBIn her past, Shelli Austin had to endure a horrible boss who used demeaning language and fear tactics to intimidate their staff. Now as a technical recruiter, Shelli advises consultants to research the position and the hiring manager before accepting a job. When you spend more time with the people you work with rather than the people you live with, Shelli wants her clients to be as happy as possible in their position. Shelli Austin has been working in I.T. Staffing for close to 20 years. ...
Treat Your Team to a Picnic - Leadership Wednesday with Edward Skrod
May 04, 2016 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBAfter a surfing buddy talked him into moving away from philosophy and into computer science, Edward Skrod pursued the opportunity with gusto. Now with only a year and a half experience in the industry, he is transitioning into his first software leadership role. Regrets from his past are ensuring he won't make the same mistakes as he did in a former career. Edward Skrod, is a software engineer, philosopher, surfer and Grateful “Deadhead” from Melbourne, Florida, working for Thales, USA in ...
Agile Certification Alphabet Soup - Joe Vallone on Leadership
April 27, 2016 09:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this episode, Joe Vallone explains the alphabet soup of Scrum and agile certifications, the differences between scrum teams and enterprise scrum teams and the approaches leaders can take to shift the culture of their organizations to be agile-ready. Joe Vallone is an experienced Agile “Coach and Trainer” at Scaled Agile Inc and has been involved in Lean and Agile communities since 2002. Mr. Vallone has helped coach several large-scale Agile transformations at Zynga, Apple, Microsoft, VC...
Lessons From 19 Years of Video Game Development at Blizzard, Maxis and Flagship Studios - Leadership Wednesday with Tyler Thompson
April 20, 2016 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBGetting the vision right and effectively communicating that vision to the team is tough to get right. Tyler Thompson has seen both good and bad examples in nearly two decades of video game development. Though this experience he's learned that as a leader, you are responsible for a lot of people's overall happiness. With that responsibility in mind, Tyler and his cofounders have put together a team and are currently developing a new video game. For 19 years Tyler Thompson has been helping c...
Be Curious and Ask Questions - Leadership Wednesday with Sarah Baca
April 13, 2016 09:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBHave you ever had a boss that acted like they wanted to hear your thoughts and opinions yet consistently ignored the feedback? Sarah Baca advises leaders to think of themselves more of a coach than a boss. Be curious and ask questions. She believes issues will work out if you know what questions to ask to bring the details to transparency. Sarah Baca is an Agile Coach at The Topps Company, where she works as a servant leader for their software development team. She is passionate about crea...
Don't Repaint the Walls - Leadership Wednesday with Jake Schilling
April 06, 2016 09:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBWhile an airman in the U.S. Air Force, Jake Schilling witnessed both positive and negative leadership styles. Today he brings those lessons learned to the teams he serves, while encouraging others to find their own leadership style. Jake Schilling is an innovative and forward-thinking leader with a wide array of experience in relationship management, negotiation, strategic planning and project management. He is a United States Air Force veteran and has experience in the energy and engineer...