Calibrate 2018 Ignite the fire: manage tools that spark new leaders
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Calibrate 2018 Ignite the fire: manage tools that spark new leaders
- 1. I IGNITE THE FIRE management that sparks new leaders
- 2. I NICK CALDWELL Chief Product Officer VP of Engineering General Manager MBA Comp Sci., Elec. Eng.
- 3. EARLY CHALLENGES AT REDDIT • Triple the team size • Timeframe: 1 year • Tech Leads vs Managers I
- 4. VOIGHT KAMPF TEST FOR ENGINEERING MANAGERS
- 5. EXAMPLE QUESTIONS What do you care about more, people or architecture? What are your thoughts on shipping towards a deadline? Your PM tells your reports to immediately start working on a feature, what do you do? You spend one full day a week working with recruiting, how do you feel? TECH LEAD MANAGER TRACK ARCHITECT TRACK
- 6. RESULTS AND A NEW CHALLENGE 20 Managers and Directors 10 Architects 50% Promoted from Within 90% Accuracy after 1 Year
- 7. LEADERSHIP AT SCALE Specialization and Focus Politics and Boundaries Ownership Microsoft Org Chart
- 8. • Lower Productivity • Lower Retention • Lower Development • Poor Delegation • BURNOUT IMPACT OF MISSING LEADERSHIP
- 9. How can we scale leadership?
- 10. How can we scale leadership?
- 13. Leadership is working with goals and vision. Management is working with objectives. I “ “
- 14. MANHATTAN PROJECT The most closely guarded military operation of World War Two. Brought together thousands of people across multiple industries in a race to develop a critical military advantage for the allied forces. Operated by two very different personalities, one a leader, the other a manager. 5 Managers
- 15. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER “He knew how to organize, cajole, humor, soothe feelings - how to lead powerfully without seeming to do so. He was an exemplar of dedication, a hero who never lost his humanness. Disappointing him somehow carried with it a sense of wrongdoing. Los Alamos’ amazing success grew out of the brilliance, enthusiasm and charisma with which Oppenheimer led it. ” - Edward Tellar
- 16. LESLIE GROVES “The biggest sonovabitch I’ve ever met in my life.” “He had absolute confidence in his decisions and he was absolutely ruthless in how he approached a problem to get it done ... I’ve often thought that if were to have to do my part all over again I would select Groves as boss.” - Lt. Col. Kenneth D. Nichols
- 17. POSITIONAL LEADERSHIP DOESN’T SCALE DIRECTOR MANAGER MANAGER MANAGER MANAGER Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee 5 Managers 20 Potential Leaders
- 18. To scale we must get our employees to look for opportunities to lead instead of positions. It’s what they want!
- 19. At your next team meeting discuss the problems that you or other managers across the organization are grappling with but don’t have capacity to fix Provide Visibility Question the team: What should the organization do to solve these problems? Solutions only, no complaining! Invite Discussion A leader will take your bait… eventually Wait and Repeat Immediately provide support, even if it’s just to say “let’s follow up after the meeting to discuss the details” Sponsor and Reward LEADERSHIP BREADCUMBS
- 21. Do traits define a leader? An entire industry wants you to think so! I
- 23. Books - $20 Conferences - $500+ Classes - $2,000+
- 24. Leadership Seminars - $10,000
- 25. MBA - $100,000+
- 26. Top 5 Leadership Traits But is this actually true? Let’s test… 1 Vision 2 Empathy 3 Empowerment 4 Charisma 5 Expertise
- 27. STEVE JOBS APPLE Visionary, Charisma Empowering Apple Org Chart
- 29. Expertise ELON MUSK TESLA, SPACEX, … , ETC. Burnin’ Out
- 31. LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL How are we supposed to know? Nerd Lawyer Stoner with an Unfortunate Hat
- 32. Nobel Prize Winner Nobel Prize Winner LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL How are we supposed to know?
- 33. A short story about looking for leadership traits I
- 34. Passion Is Leadership Fuel 1500 Participants Surveyed Chose a career for passion or money? 20 years later… 101 Millionaires Chose Passion 1 Chose Money! 1992 Study by Kriefel and Patler 100
- 35. Instead of traits, look for passion I
- 36. Blue Flame: Perfect alignment between individual passion and organizational needs. I
- 37. MANAGER TOOL BLUE FLAME CHART IntrinsicMotivators ExtrinsicMotivators What you do if no one was telling you what to do? What team problems would you try to fix? What do you want to learn? What are the major problems faced by organization? What does your manager talk about during 1:1s and team meetings? Are there new industry trends on technologies that could help the team?
- 38. ADVANCED BLUE FLAME CHART Intrinsic Motivators Extrinsic Motivators Team Member Feedback “What do you think I’m good at?” Because you can’t always see yourself clearly
- 40. WHY POTENTIAL LEADERS DON’T SPARK? The first rule of leadership is everything is your fault I Problem is culturally embedded 18% Lack of incentives 14% Manager indifference 14% Fear of being held responsible for failure 47% Other 7% What is the biggest obstacle you face toward taking greater responsibilities? Survey: American Management Association International
- 42. A short story about my leadership moment I
- 45. SPONSORING OVERCOMES FEAR Opportunities to sponsor • Spare time • Hack days • Dedicated schedule Push the idea like it was your own! (But give away the credit)
- 46. LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PASSION PERMISSION FIRE OXYGEN FUEL SPARK I RESULTS What happens when you put all of these techniques together?
- 47. Technical Contributions Performance improvements, increased developer productivity, and millions of dollars in infrastructure cost reductions • CI/CD performance testing • Kubernetes Microservices • GraphQL API port People Contributions High marks for workplace health and near-zero employee attrition • Employee mentoring program • Deep Learning Training Guild + Tensorflow • Reddit for Good REDDIT 2018 LEADERSHIP RESULTS
- 49. LEADERS EMBRACE CHANGE Web UI Development 1999-2016
- 50. If code is changing all the time… Code a depreciating asset, but your network is an appreciating asset! • Our brand, reputation, access to opportunities, and ability to influence are a function of our network • Modern leaders can massively extend their networks by contributing value to social media platforms. No more collecting business cards, the opportunities come to you! YOUR NETWORK IS YOUR NET WORTH Networking and Connecitons 70% On- Campus Recruiting 10% Job Posting Websites 20% How did you find your last job opportunity?
- 51. DIVERSITY @ INCLUSION ISN’T OPTIONAL Managers directly influence • Hiring pipeline • Culture • Retention Leaders who don’t support D&I are at risk, even executives, e.g. • Nike • Uber • Google • Netflix
- 52. Leaders make new leadersI
- 53. I THANKS!