My talk at ACCU2012

1. The Groundhog Day of a Team Leader
Zsolt Fabok ACCU 2012
@ZsoltFabok #accu2012
http://zsoltfabok.com/ http://accu.org/

2. Picture courtesy of Columbia Pictures

3. Success = Vision + Long term thinking

4. If you ignore one of those...

5. If you ignore one of those...
...you’ll relive the same day
again, again and again

7. If an idea comes from a respected person,
it has a longer effect than the very same idea
coming from a less respected person

8. Respect

9. ? ? ?

10. Presence
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11. The most precious gift we can offer others is our
presence.When mindfulness embraces those
we love, they will bloom like flowers.
By Thich Nhat Hanh

12. Presence Trust
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15. Commit activities of two superhero team leaders:
90
68
number of commits
45
23
0
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Team leader 1
Team Leader 2
Average team member

16. Presence Trust Craftsmanship

17. Lead by example:
sit down and code
do code review
read books (at least one)
play stackoverflow / stackexchange
test
deploy

18. But remember,
this isn’t your primary goal
You have to lead a team!

19. People

20. ? ?
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21. State of mind
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22. Neil deGrasse Tyson

23. “Fact and sensitivity
create an impact”
Neil deGrasse Tyson

24. State of mind Motivation
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28. State of mind Motivation
Mentoring
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29. http://bit.ly/I3SEQw

30. State of mind Motivation
Mentoring Empowerment
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31. http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/5224953839/

32. http://www.flickr.com/photos/purplemattfish/3534851444/sizes/o/in/photostream/

33. State of mind Motivation
Mentoring Empowerment
Dirty job
?

34. Not everybody is
a team player...

35. State of mind Motivation
Mentoring Empowerment
Dirty job Show example

36. Have a new idea?

37. Have a new idea?
That’s great, how
about trying it out?

38. Have a new idea?
That’s great, how
about trying it out?
Let’s see what happens...

39. Have a new idea?
That’s great, how
about trying it out?
Let’s see what happens...
If you are the innovator...

40. Diffusion of Innovation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovation

41. Sasquatch music festival 2009

42. Sasquatch music festival 2009

43. Sasquatch music festival 2009

44. Sasquatch music festival 2009

45. Sasquatch music festival 2009

46. People

51. The vacation test
http://thehandcraftedlife.blogspot.com/2011/08/vacation-itinerary-planning-belize.html

52. Environment

53. ? ?

54. Transparency/
Capacity ?

55. Utilization VS. Throughput

56. Utilization VS. Throughput

57. Transparency/
Surroundings
Capacity

58. Gemba walk
gemba walk: http://thecriticalpath.info/2011/09/15/the-gemba-walk/

59. Environment
People
Respect

60. All these methods are great...

61. ...but they don’t matter that much...

62. ...unless you are optimistic...

64. ...and unless you don’t take life too
seriously and have some fun...

66. Picture courtesy of Columbia Pictures

67. Thank you very much for your attention!
http://zsoltfabok.com/ me@zsoltfabok.com