Mentoring should be inherited for any first-timer on a leading position. It might be useful for experienced leaders but in a context of a new company.
I have found interesting the fact you added the permission to make mistakes. Leading requires a learning curve, where someone will make mistakes eventually. Leading and coding are two completely different sets of skills. It’s like learning a new job.
The “Grab list” is a great tip. Especially for me, once an objective is done, I move to another without spending much thought on it. However, it is a great tip for improving our image and giving us factual arguments on our value inside the project or organization.
Great article, Gregor! I especially liked that you called out "Let them also make some mistakes". In addition to that technique, one of my prior managers recommended that we discuss "guardrails" I could set up, to allow me the freedom to make mistakes within an ambiguous problem space. That ultimately helped me to grow a lot into a leadership role! Keep up the awesome newsletters, Gregor!
Mentoring should be inherited for any first-timer on a leading position. It might be useful for experienced leaders but in a context of a new company.
I have found interesting the fact you added the permission to make mistakes. Leading requires a learning curve, where someone will make mistakes eventually. Leading and coding are two completely different sets of skills. It’s like learning a new job.
The “Grab list” is a great tip. Especially for me, once an objective is done, I move to another without spending much thought on it. However, it is a great tip for improving our image and giving us factual arguments on our value inside the project or organization.
Thanks for your insights Artur, appreciate you confirming some of the points from the article!
+100 on the idea you own your career and not your manager. Also def good practical tip on keeping a list of achievements to show during perf reviews.
Thanks for confirming and glad you liked that Sebastiano!
A solid letter as always, and many thanks for including my new course in there, appreciate it!
Thanks a lot Daniel! Of course, my pleasure! It’s a really great course to learn TDD.
Great article, Gregor! I especially liked that you called out "Let them also make some mistakes". In addition to that technique, one of my prior managers recommended that we discuss "guardrails" I could set up, to allow me the freedom to make mistakes within an ambiguous problem space. That ultimately helped me to grow a lot into a leadership role! Keep up the awesome newsletters, Gregor!
Love it Devan! Right, with the right “guardrails”, we are able to make and learn from mistakes very quickly!