The Engineering Leadership Podcast Conscious Career Growth (part 2) with Wade Chambers, CTO & SVP of Engineering @ Grand Rounds #21
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Aug 16, 2020 Wade Chambers, CTO & SVP of Engineering at Grand Rounds, shares his extensive leadership experience to redefine success in engineering roles. He dives into how to enhance team potential and the importance of mentorship. Wade discusses methods for overcoming career stagnation, presenting three key areas where growth often gets stuck. He emphasizes the value of self-awareness and principled leadership, urging listeners to apply insights from personal reflections for continuous development and reassessment of their career trajectories.
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Winning and Increasing Capacity
- Your main job as an engineering leader is to win and increase your team's capacity to win.
- Continuously improve both execution performance and team potential by refining processes, coaching, and hiring top talent.
Boost Team Potential Effectively
- To increase team potential, focus on clarifying the what and why, improving the how, and ensuring you have the right people.
- Build trust to give growth feedback gently and help team members embrace discomfort for career growth.
Get Unstuck in Career Growth
- Identify what you want to be true in your career and find role models exemplifying that success.
- Break down gaps between current and desired states, then practice and get coaching to move forward.
