LeadDev San Francisco 2022 Addy Osmani

Automation

Invest in team performance, empower your team, and prioritize outcomes to achieve success.

Key takeaways

Invest in training and onboarding to optimize team performance
Effective engineers contribute to building effective teams
Identify and delegate tasks to free up time for high-leverage activities
Focus on outcomes and prioritize tasks accordingly
Listen to customers and prioritize what they need
Effective leadership is about empowering and growing teams
Team effectiveness models can guide decision-making
Focus on team dynamics, psychological safety, and dependency
Delegate tasks to build trust and confidence
Prioritize high-impact tasks and delegate lower-priority ones
Encourage feedback and continuous improvement
Invest in automation to streamline processes
Recognize that effectiveness is not always about being technically expert
Consider team dynamics, personality traits, and skill sets
Focus on leveraging strengths, not just weaknesses
Encourage conflict and healthy debate
Prioritize well-being and self-care for team members
Focus on building self-sufficient leaders
Prioritize goals and objectives over technical expertise