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Leading Questions Podcast

We are Dawn Kuczwara and Jer Lance; technologists, leaders, and (most importantly) opinionated people who want to draw from our wealth of experience in becoming leaders and leading teams to help answer your questions. If you'd like yours answered, email us and we'd be happy to "help!"
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Now displaying: August, 2017
Aug 22, 2017
This episode's question:
I'm starting a position soon as a senior engineer at a company, where my new leadership and I have discussed a potential track where I come on board as a senior engineer and then, if things are working well, moving me into more of a team lead and leadership track. As a result, I'm wondering if I should approach this differently than other jobs where I've come in before as senior member of a team. I know what I'd do, and it has generally worked well with me in the past, but I would be really interested to know how both of you approach this, as some of this is new territory for me.What is your process when you start as a leader or as a senior member of a new-to-you but already established team? More specifically: 1. What sorts of things do you ask your leadership when you're coming into a new team? 2. What do you ask the outgoing leader if they're still available? 3. How do you approach and start to build rapport with your team members, especially if they're tightly knit and may be wary of outsiders?
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Aug 8, 2017
This episode's question:
At work, I have been interviewing internally for management positions, but I haven't been getting them. I get feedback that I show promise or I have some ideas that are good or whatever. They say I don't have enough experience actually doing leadership, but how do I get experience leading until I get the job?
 
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