You're Growing, but Are You Scaling? (DeveloperWeek Global 2020)

Unlock the secrets to scaling yourself and your team, covering essential topics such as leadership, communication, flexibility, and more, from a developer's perspective.

Key takeaways

Be open to new opportunities and explore things that you think you don’t have skills for.
Understanding your blind spots helps you bring in the right support.
Set a good vision for your team and ensure it aligns with company goals.
Learn from external industry events and bring in external speakers to your team.
Keep learning as a leader and update your skills.
Finding a balance is key to scaling yourself and your teams.
Set clear boundaries for your team and ensure they can self-organize.
Offer workplace flexibility to improve work-life balance.
Use a framework for your own learning and keep learning from consultants, YouTube videos, blogs, and books.
Stay focused on your goals and communicate effectively with your team.
Be authentic and bring your full self to work.
Feedback is a valuable gift, and it’s okay to not know everything.
Learn from your mistakes and course correct as needed.
Set bold goals that push you to learn, fail, and succeed fast for your teams.
Communicate and delegate responsibility to your team effectively.
Keep your calendar public to increase transparency and accessibility.
Set clear goals and timelines for yourself and your team.
Synthesize information and chart out what you want to accomplish.
Scale yourself by increasing revenue without incurring significant costs.
Scaling requires alignment between what employees value and what the organization values.
Use a centralized tool for testing that scales well.
Prioritize learning, self-organization, autonomy, and responsibility when scaling teams.
Keep learning from your personal network and stay close to the hiring process.
Offer flexible work arrangements, such as working from home, to improve work-life balance.
Learn from different organizations and cultures, and adapt to new situations.
Use asynchronous documents to communicate with your team.
Encourage self-organization and autonomy within your teams.
Distribute responsibility effectively within your team.
Stay proactive and get on top of issues as they arise.
Be mindful and present in your thoughts and actions.
Use a framework for goal setting, defining boundaries, and establishing priorities.
Prioritize feedback and use it to improve yourself and your team.
Use communication and delegation to build trust with your team.
Scale your teams by increasing output and efficiency without incurring significant costs.
Learning from failure and adaptability are key to successful scaling.
Keep your calendar public to demonstrate transparency and accessibility.
Prioritize learning, self-organization, and distribution of responsibility when scaling teams.
Use asynchronous documents to communicate with your team.
Set clear goals and timelines for yourself and your team.
Stay focused on your goals and communicate effectively with your team.
Prioritize learning, self-organization, and autonomy within your teams.
Distribute responsibility effectively within your team.
Stay proactive and get on top of issues as they arise.
Use a framework for goal setting, defining boundaries, and establishing priorities.

You're Growing, but Are You Scaling? (DeveloperWeek Global 2020)

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