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Tag: 1-on-1s

Tip: Coaching Means Giving Less Advice

A tip for software team leaders: coaching well means giving less advice.

Tag: acquisition

Our Tech Startup Was Acquired

The business UserEvents was acquired by LiveOps in January of 2014.

Tag: asset

Code Is Not An Asset

Explains that software source code is a liability, not an asset.

Tag: blog

Robin Bate Boerop's Blog

Robin Bate Boerop's blog about DevOps and software team leadership.

Tag: book

Software Team Leadership Book

Robin Bate Boerop's book: Software Team Leadership.

Tag: cheat-sheet

Work-From-Home Essentials Cheat Sheet

Use this cheat sheet as a checklist for the essential needs of teams making a change to working-from-home (WFH). These are recommended minimum requirements for WFH. Companion to the Skills Matter talk of 13 August 2020.

Tag: coaching

Tip: Coaching Means Giving Less Advice

A tip for software team leaders: coaching well means giving less advice.

Tag: code

Code Is Not An Asset

Explains that software source code is a liability, not an asset.

Tag: communication

Tip: Repeat Yourself Often

A tip for software team leaders: to communicate clearly and to lead effectively, repeat yourself often.

Tag: consultant

Results

Software teams improved. I am a hands-on leadership consultant for highly technical software teams. Here are the results that I reliably get.

Robin Bate Boerop

About Robin Bate Boerop - Global Software Leadership Consultant

Software Team Leadership Book

Robin Bate Boerop's book: Software Team Leadership.

Speaking Engagements

Talks that I have given.

Talk - Software Testing: Stories From The Real World

Talk given to nbQ on 4 October 2016.

Tag: consultant cto

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO. I make winning software teams.

Tag: cto

Our Tech Startup Was Acquired

The business UserEvents was acquired by LiveOps in January of 2014.

Robin Bate Boerop

About Robin Bate Boerop - Global Software Leadership Consultant

Tag: cto as a service

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO. I make winning software teams.

Tag: cto for hire

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO. I make winning software teams.

Tag: daily

Tag: decision-making

Code Is Not An Asset

Explains that software source code is a liability, not an asset.

Tag: developer environment

Install Nix on macOS Catalina

How to install Nix on macOS 15 (Catalina).

Tag: devops

Robin Bate Boerop's Blog

Robin Bate Boerop's blog about DevOps and software team leadership.

What is Nix?

This article defines the terms Nix, NixOS, Nixpkgs, and Nix expression.

Robin Bate Boerop

About Robin Bate Boerop - Global Software Leadership Consultant

Tag: engagement

Employees Are More Important Than Customers and Investors

Employee engagement is more important than your customers, and more important than your investors. This article explains why.

Employee Engagement for Software Teams

A primer on employee engagement for new leaders.

Questions for Measuring Software Team Engagement

Suggestions for choice of questions and question phrasing for measuring software team engagement.

Motivating Engagement

Why care about employee engagement on software teams?"

Tag: fractional cto

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO. I make winning software teams.

Tag: freelance cto

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO. I make winning software teams.

Tag: goals

Tip: Negotiate Achievable Goals

Leaders must ensure that the software team's goals are achievable.

Tag: haskell

Our Tech Startup Was Acquired

The business UserEvents was acquired by LiveOps in January of 2014.

Tag: influence

Tip: Routinely Develop Your Influence

On a software team, leaders should make the development of social influence routine.

Tag: interim cto

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO. I make winning software teams.

Tag: leader

Results

Software teams improved. I am a hands-on leadership consultant for highly technical software teams. Here are the results that I reliably get.

Robin Bate Boerop

About Robin Bate Boerop - Global Software Leadership Consultant

Software Team Leadership Book

Robin Bate Boerop's book: Software Team Leadership.

Talk - Software Testing: Stories From The Real World

Talk given to nbQ on 4 October 2016.

Tag: leadership

Robin Bate Boerop's Blog

Robin Bate Boerop's blog about DevOps and software team leadership.

Mission Defines Success

The purpose of a software team is to complete a mission. If you are a software team leader, your success is defined by the accomplishment of that mission; you must own the result 100%.

Motivating Psychological Safety

Why software team leaders should create psychologically safe work environments.

Your Dev Team Needs A Mission

Teams exist to complete a mission. If you are a software team leader, you must ensure that the team's mission is well defined and clearly communicated. Without a clear mission, your team’s ability to make decisions is grossly impeded, as is your ability to set goals and measure progress.

Tip: Repeat Yourself Often

A tip for software team leaders: to communicate clearly and to lead effectively, repeat yourself often.

Toxic Developers Destroy Productivity

If you are the leader of a software team, then you have heard of the legendary 10x developer - the superstar worker. To improve your team's productivity, learn this: replacing an average worker with a superstar worker is not nearly as effective as removing a toxic worker. It’s not even close. Toxic workers destroy productivity.

Tip: Stop Solving Your Team's Problems

If you lead a software team, and a team member has a problem, you may be tempted to solve it. Maybe you shouldn’t. This is an opportunity for more than a solved problem.

Tip: They Don't Have to Like You

Are you a software leader worried that the team members don’t like you? You can stop worrying. They don’t have to like you. They just have to trust you.

Tip: Coaching Means Giving Less Advice

A tip for software team leaders: coaching well means giving less advice.

Tip: Negotiate Achievable Goals

Leaders must ensure that the software team's goals are achievable.

Tip: Routinely Develop Your Influence

On a software team, leaders should make the development of social influence routine.

Employees Are More Important Than Customers and Investors

Employee engagement is more important than your customers, and more important than your investors. This article explains why.

Leadership References

A list of useful references on the concept of leadership.

Essential Techniques for Leading Software Teams in the Work From Home Era

Learn essential leadership techniques for remote work.

On Trust

This is a primer on the concept of trust for software teams.

Employee Engagement for Software Teams

A primer on employee engagement for new leaders.

Questions for Measuring Software Team Engagement

Suggestions for choice of questions and question phrasing for measuring software team engagement.

Leadership for Software Teams

A primer on the concept of leadership.

Motivating Engagement

Why care about employee engagement on software teams?"

Software Team Leadership Book

Robin Bate Boerop's book: Software Team Leadership.

Tag: liability

Code Is Not An Asset

Explains that software source code is a liability, not an asset.

Tag: macos

Install Nix on macOS Catalina

How to install Nix on macOS 15 (Catalina).

Tag: management

Employees Are More Important Than Customers and Investors

Employee engagement is more important than your customers, and more important than your investors. This article explains why.

Leadership for Software Teams

A primer on the concept of leadership.

Tag: manager

Results

Software teams improved. I am a hands-on leadership consultant for highly technical software teams. Here are the results that I reliably get.

Robin Bate Boerop

About Robin Bate Boerop - Global Software Leadership Consultant

Tag: mission

Mission Defines Success

The purpose of a software team is to complete a mission. If you are a software team leader, your success is defined by the accomplishment of that mission; you must own the result 100%.

Your Dev Team Needs A Mission

Teams exist to complete a mission. If you are a software team leader, you must ensure that the team's mission is well defined and clearly communicated. Without a clear mission, your team’s ability to make decisions is grossly impeded, as is your ability to set goals and measure progress.

Tag: newsletter

Tag: nix

What is Nix?

This article defines the terms Nix, NixOS, Nixpkgs, and Nix expression.

Install Nix on macOS Catalina

How to install Nix on macOS 15 (Catalina).

Tag: nixos

What is Nix?

This article defines the terms Nix, NixOS, Nixpkgs, and Nix expression.

Tag: package management

What is Nix?

This article defines the terms Nix, NixOS, Nixpkgs, and Nix expression.

Install Nix on macOS Catalina

How to install Nix on macOS 15 (Catalina).

Tag: primer

On Trust

This is a primer on the concept of trust for software teams.

Employee Engagement for Software Teams

A primer on employee engagement for new leaders.

Leadership for Software Teams

A primer on the concept of leadership.

Tag: productivity

Toxic Developers Destroy Productivity

If you are the leader of a software team, then you have heard of the legendary 10x developer - the superstar worker. To improve your team's productivity, learn this: replacing an average worker with a superstar worker is not nearly as effective as removing a toxic worker. It’s not even close. Toxic workers destroy productivity.

Tag: psychological-safety

Motivating Psychological Safety

Why software team leaders should create psychologically safe work environments.

Tag: reference

Leadership References

A list of useful references on the concept of leadership.

Tag: remote-work

Essential Techniques for Leading Software Teams in the Work From Home Era

Learn essential leadership techniques for remote work.

Work-From-Home Essentials Cheat Sheet

Use this cheat sheet as a checklist for the essential needs of teams making a change to working-from-home (WFH). These are recommended minimum requirements for WFH. Companion to the Skills Matter talk of 13 August 2020.

Tag: results

Results

Software teams improved. I am a hands-on leadership consultant for highly technical software teams. Here are the results that I reliably get.

Tag: software

Results

Software teams improved. I am a hands-on leadership consultant for highly technical software teams. Here are the results that I reliably get.

Robin Bate Boerop

About Robin Bate Boerop - Global Software Leadership Consultant

Software Team Leadership Book

Robin Bate Boerop's book: Software Team Leadership.

Speaking Engagements

Talks that I have given.

Talk - Software Testing: Stories From The Real World

Talk given to nbQ on 4 October 2016.

Tag: software development

Robin Bate Boerop's Blog

Robin Bate Boerop's blog about DevOps and software team leadership.

Tag: software engineering

Robin Bate Boerop's Blog

Robin Bate Boerop's blog about DevOps and software team leadership.

Tag: speaking

Speaking Engagements

Talks that I have given.

Talk - Software Testing: Stories From The Real World

Talk given to nbQ on 4 October 2016.

Tag: speeches

Speaking Engagements

Talks that I have given.

Tag: sre

Robin Bate Boerop's Blog

Robin Bate Boerop's blog about DevOps and software team leadership.

Tag: startup

Our Tech Startup Was Acquired

The business UserEvents was acquired by LiveOps in January of 2014.

Tag: talk

Talk - Software Testing: Stories From The Real World

Talk given to nbQ on 4 October 2016.

Tag: talks

Speaking Engagements

Talks that I have given.

Tag: team

Software Team Leadership Book

Robin Bate Boerop's book: Software Team Leadership.

Tag: testimonial

Results

Software teams improved. I am a hands-on leadership consultant for highly technical software teams. Here are the results that I reliably get.

Tag: testing

Talk - Software Testing: Stories From The Real World

Talk given to nbQ on 4 October 2016.

Tag: tip

Toxic Developers Destroy Productivity

If you are the leader of a software team, then you have heard of the legendary 10x developer - the superstar worker. To improve your team's productivity, learn this: replacing an average worker with a superstar worker is not nearly as effective as removing a toxic worker. It’s not even close. Toxic workers destroy productivity.

Tip: Stop Solving Your Team's Problems

If you lead a software team, and a team member has a problem, you may be tempted to solve it. Maybe you shouldn’t. This is an opportunity for more than a solved problem.

Tip: They Don't Have to Like You

Are you a software leader worried that the team members don’t like you? You can stop worrying. They don’t have to like you. They just have to trust you.

Tip: Coaching Means Giving Less Advice

A tip for software team leaders: coaching well means giving less advice.

Tip: Negotiate Achievable Goals

Leaders must ensure that the software team's goals are achievable.

Tip: Routinely Develop Your Influence

On a software team, leaders should make the development of social influence routine.

Tag: toxic-worker

Toxic Developers Destroy Productivity

If you are the leader of a software team, then you have heard of the legendary 10x developer - the superstar worker. To improve your team's productivity, learn this: replacing an average worker with a superstar worker is not nearly as effective as removing a toxic worker. It’s not even close. Toxic workers destroy productivity.

Tag: trust

Tip: Negotiate Achievable Goals

Leaders must ensure that the software team's goals are achievable.

Tip: Routinely Develop Your Influence

On a software team, leaders should make the development of social influence routine.

On Trust

This is a primer on the concept of trust for software teams.

Tag: userevents

Our Tech Startup Was Acquired

The business UserEvents was acquired by LiveOps in January of 2014.

Tag: virtual cto

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO

Robin Bate Boerop - Interim CTO. I make winning software teams.

Tag: wfh

Work-From-Home Essentials Cheat Sheet

Use this cheat sheet as a checklist for the essential needs of teams making a change to working-from-home (WFH). These are recommended minimum requirements for WFH. Companion to the Skills Matter talk of 13 August 2020.

Tag: work-from-home

Essential Techniques for Leading Software Teams in the Work From Home Era

Learn essential leadership techniques for remote work.

Work-From-Home Essentials Cheat Sheet

Use this cheat sheet as a checklist for the essential needs of teams making a change to working-from-home (WFH). These are recommended minimum requirements for WFH. Companion to the Skills Matter talk of 13 August 2020.