We often grow from the situations that make us uncomfortable. There was one situation, in the New Hampshire wilderness that definitely taught me a valuable lesson in monitoring how you respond to stress when leading a group.
Monthly Archives: April 2017
A simple strategy for staying calm under pressure
If there’s one thing I’ve seen across every leader that I’ve worked with over the years, it is that they are calm under pressure. The world might seem to be crumbling around them, but they hold it together for the sake of the team. Most leaders don’t become calm under pressure by chance, they achieve it through deliberate practice and by having a process.
5 tips on how to: ask powerful questions to get powerful answers
Asking questions is incredibly important as a skill – knowing when and how to ask questions can really drive your development and not knowing how and when asking is important can leave you missing out on so many opportunities.
Enable strong conversation with 3 versatile metaphors
As software developers – our world is increasingly complex with each line of code. As technology progresses, we’re given more tools and more jargon. Our language can quickly separate us from the others that work around us, and isolate those that don’t really understand. It’s a developers job to try and make their work and their communication as simple as possible. One way to achieve simpler communication is through metaphors.
5 steps to bulletproof behavioural interview prep
Behavioural questions are often very difficult. Yet with a little preparation anyone can nail them with ease.
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“Identify and explain a time when you utilised leadership?”
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“Identify and explain a time when you had to manage a conflict?”
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“Describe a complex problem to me”