Podcast

Published on 2020-12-01 by John Collins.

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Introduction

Tech Leader Pro is a podcast for sharing ideas, principals, and approaches that you can use to lead a large team, with a focus on the technology industry. Each episode covers in detail a leadership topic that you can relate to, and shares lessons that you can apply directly to your team.

The episodes are concise and condensed as we are all busy people, and I value your time. I also pack a lot of ideas into each episode, as I want to give you something to think about each episode (even if you don't always agree with me).

My aim is to add at least one episode per month, and publish the full scripts and download links here, or alternative you can use one of the subscriber links below from your favorite podcast app.

Subscriber links

Apple Podcasts (iTunes)

Episode links

Tech Leader Pro podcast 20, Project estimates are unreliable

Published: 2023-01-27

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 20 : on why project estimates are unreliable, and why it is better to estimate complexity and risk, rather than effort. Episode link

File details: 16.5 MB MP3, 11 mins 27 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 19, Consolidating a dot zero release

Published: 2022-12-14

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 19 : a discussion on on why you should do a number of quality patch releases after each major release to consolidate software application quality. Episode link

File details: 17.9 MB MP3, 12 mins 24 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 18, Acknowledgement versus agreement

Published: 2022-10-21

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 18 : a discussion on the differences between acknowledge and agreement, and how your active listening style might be hurting your communications. Episode link

File details: 12.8 MB MP3, 8 mins 54 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 17, Hero-driven development

Published: 2022-10-01

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 17 : a discussion of hero driven development, which is an anti-pattern that is endemic in the software development industry. Episode link

File details: 15.4 MB MP3, 10 mins 41 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 16, Deciding who you work for

Published: 2022-08-18

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 16 : on deciding who is it that you work for. Episode link

File details: 17.0 MB MP3, 11 mins 46 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 15, The benefits of Scrum

Published: 2022-07-20

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 15 : on the benefits of the scrum agile process. Episode link

File details: 27.7 MB MP3, 19 mins 14 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 14, Letting go of bad ideas

Published: 2022-05-10

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 14 : on why a leader a leader should let go of bad ideas before they become bad implementations. Episode link

File details: 13.6 MB MP3, 09 mins 27 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 13, Leaders should create gaps

Published: 2022-04-07

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 13 : on why a leader a leader should deliberately create gaps in their team, to allow others to grow into them. Episode link

File details: 15.8 MB MP3, 11 mins 00 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 12, On determining fact from fiction

Published: 2022-01-15

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 12 : on why a leader should be very wary of something that looks too good to be true, as it rarely is. Episode link

File details: 15.6 MB MP3, 10 mins 49 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 11, How to pitch

Published: 2021-11-18

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 11 : on how you can improve your pitching skills, not only for selling products, but also for selling ideas, which is something that all of us should be good at. Episode link

File details: 22.5 MB MP3, 15 mins 37 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 10, Handling someone quitting your team

Published: 2021-06-19

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 10 : on how to react when someone quits your team. Episode link

File details: 20.3 MB MP3, 14 mins 05 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 9, You need to believe in what you are selling

Published: 2021-04-04

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 9 : on how you must believe in what you are selling in order to be effective. Episode link

File details: 16.9 MB MP3, 11 mins 43 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 8, Present solutions not problems

Published: 2021-02-16

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 8 : on why you need to set the expectation to present solutions and not problems. Episode link

File details: 21.7 MB MP3, 15 mins 05 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 7, Resilience

Published: 2021-01-05

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 7 : on building and maintaining mental resilience. Episode link

File details: 11.3 MB MP3, 7 mins 50 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 6, Your default mode is confidence

Published: 2020-11-27

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 6 : on why a leader must be self confident by default. Episode link

File details: 18.2 MB MP3, 12 mins 40 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 5, Building trust

Published: 2020-10-19

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 5 : on the importance of building and maintaining trust. Episode link

File details: 17 MB MP3, 11 mins 49 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 4, Reverse delegation

Published: 2020-09-22

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 4 : exploring the dangers of reverse delegation and servant leadership. Episode link

File details: 14 MB MP3, 9 mins 47 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 3, Leading by example

Published: 2020-09-07

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 3 : exploring what it actually means to lead by example. Episode link

File details: 16 MB MP3, 11 mins 7 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 2, Handling escalations

Published: 2020-09-01

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 2 : advice on how a leader can handle escalations. Episode link

File details: 17.5 MB MP3, 12 mins 11 secs duration.

Tech Leader Pro podcast 1, What is leadership

Published: 2020-08-25

Tech Leader Pro podcast episode 1, exploring for the first episode the question: What is leadership? Episode link

File details: 12 MB MP3, 8 mins 20 secs duration.