A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

About Ron Ron Lichty has been managing software development and product organizations since Apple recruited him from a boutique programming consultancy in 1988. He led development of Apple's UX/UI, then brought engineering discipline to product delivery at Stanford, Check Point, Razorfish, Fujitsu, Charles Schwab, and a host of startups. A strong believer that product development is a team sport, he consults as an interim VP Engineering and advisor in transforming chaos to clarity and making software development "hum". Ron's fifth book, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams (http://www.ManagingTheUnmanageable.net), has been compared to software classics, Peopleware and Mythical Man Month; after it was given four printings and translated into four languages, Addison Wesley brought out the 2nd Edition last year, updated throughout, plus a new chapter, If You Are Agile, What Do Managers Do? At O'Reilly's urging, Addison-Wesley and Pearson invited Ron and his co-author Mickey Mantle into their San Francisco studio to record the ten-hour video course Managing Software People and Teams LiveLessons (http://www.ManagingTheUnmanageable.net/video.html). In his continued search for effective best practices, Ron co-authors the periodic Study of Product Team Performance (http://www.ronlichty.com/study.html). Today We Talked About Ron's background Management in Agile Invite Interruptions Managing Training Managing Software Developers and Technologist Diversity Customer Empathy Creativity Roles of Managers in Agile Goals of Agile Self-Organizing Teams Scrum Leadership for everyone on a team Reflective Listening Product Management Shoulder to Shoulder Promoting your team Motivating your team Team's mission / Vision Connect with Ron LinkedIn Website Book Twitter I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Taurea Taurea went from Foreclosure in 2009 to producing millions in sales in the home based business industry. She is the creator of The System Mastery and Show Your Success Workshops, and 6 Time Author of books on personal self-development, education and more. Her major focus is to show entrepreneurs how to build multiple streams of income in their current businesses She has been seen on Fox News, CBS News, ABC News, Sheen Magazine, Successful Women Radio Show, IHeartRadio and more! Taurea’s focus is on helping small-based business owners & independent distributors to develop, master, and remain committed to growing their businesses by providing valuable leadership and interpersonal skills. She offers timeless tips that support in real world interactions and discoveries on what it takes to be successful in today’s entrepreneurial world. She is a living example of creating a lifetime career and wants to help you get prepared for the journey. She knows what it takes to break through a multitude of challenges and focus on the future. About Taurea Taurea's background Urban CEO Coaching Don't be a people pleaser know your audience Everybody can't be your friend Train you team What is the main goal? FEAR - False Evidence Appearing Real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN8bZPapCe4   Connect with Taurea Twitter LinkedIn Urban CEO Network   I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Robin Robin is based in the UK in the Greater Manchester area and is Director of Ei4Change.  With over 35 years’ successful commercial and leadership experience, he has worked in a variety of sales and marketing management roles with a wide variety of companies from small start-ups to large multinationals.  These include the NHS, major pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, universities, charities, finance and recruitment organisations. Robin has the British Psychological Society Test User Occupational Ability (Level A) and Occupational Personality (Level B) certificates in psychometric testing.  He is qualified to use trait-based assessments (NEO and Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire), type-based assessments (Myers Briggs Type Indicator Practitioner (Step I and II)) and behavioural-based assessments (Advanced DISC) and the EQ-i 2.0 assessment.  He uses all these with pragmatic business-focused applications.  His special interest lies in emotional intelligence and, in particular, linking together the outputs from assessments to give real practical relevance to improve effectiveness and productivity. Robin co-developed the coaching toolbox “Images of Resilience” to broaden the understanding of resilience at the personal, team and organisational level.  He often presents on this topic at international conferences. Robin is the author of two books in the Authority Guide Series – The Authority Guide to Emotional Resilience in Business and The Authority Guide to Behaviour in Business available from Amazon and all good bookshops. Today we Talked about Robin's history EI - Being Smart with your Feelings Leadership Learning your Emotions You don't want your team to be happy.  :) ask questions communicate Leaders are in charge of the emotional state of their team Talk about it... Be vulnerable Anxiety Myth - there are Positive and Negative emotions Constructive or destructive emotions Frustration Anger Passive Agression Connect with Robin Twitter LinkedIn Website Podcast I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Vicky Vicky Oliver, author of 6 best-selling books on job-hunting and job interview questions, business etiquette, frugalista style, advertising, and office politics. Under her pen name, Diana Forbes, Vicky Oliver also authored the novel, Mistress Suffragette (Penmore Press, 2017). Vicky Oliver owns the copyright to the novel, Mistress Suffragette. Her savvy career advice has been featured in over 801 media outlets, including the front page of the New York Times Job Market section, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, Associated Press (twice), LA Times, Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer (twice), Sunday Star-Ledger, Esquire magazine, Essence magazine, The Investment Professional magazine, and Bloomberg TV. She loves the radio medium and has been interviewed on well over 401 local and national radio programs. Today We Talked About Vicky's background Interview tips 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions Her writing The Great Resignation 1 out of 4 Americans looking for new jobs Hybrid model Pitfalls of the Hybrid Model More communications TimeZones Sticking to the schedule Mentors for new hires Interview tips Ask Questions Zoom tips Connect with Vicky Website Twitter LinkedIn I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Nora A pioneer of visual strategy, Nora Herting is passionate about expanding peoples’ definition of creativity and believes the best way to meet the demands of business today is to take a visual approach that blends strategic thinking and creative expression. Nora’s skill and impact with businesses, and her own entrepreneurial prowess founding ImageThink has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fox Business, Entrepreneur and INC. She leads a compelling conversation around the power of visual thinking as a catalyst for personal and organizational change. As a sought-after speaker and thought leader, Nora has inspired global audiences with her creative keynotes at Cannes Lions, SXSW Interactive, WBENC Nora’s first book, Draw Your Big Idea, has inspired thousands to think visually and access their own creativity. Today We Talked About Nora's past Creativity Visual Leadership NASA IBM Visual Artifact ImageThink Method Metaphors Story Telling Ask your team something silly Draw your job Illustrate your agenda or goal Connect with Nora Website Image Think LinkedIn Book Twitter I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Jeremie Jeremie Kubicek is a powerful communicator, serial entrepreneur and content builder. He creates content used by some of the largest companies around the globe found in the books he has authored: The 100X Leader, 5 Voices, 5 Gears and the National Bestseller, Making Your Leadership Come Alive. Jeremie is the Executive Chairman of GiANT, a company that certifies coaches and consultants that serve companies and their employees. Jeremie has started over 20 companies while living in Oklahoma City, Moscow, Atlanta and London. Today We Talked About Jeremie businesses Mafia in Moscow Support Challenge Matrix Leadership Mt. Everest and Sherpas Green Houses and the Gardener     giantcoach.com/geekleader Connect with Jeremie Website LinkedIn Book Twitter I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Kevin Kevin Maney is a bestselling author and award-winning columnist. He has been writing about technology for 30 years, has interviewed most of the tech pioneers you can name, and brings broad and deep context to Category Design conversations. He is co-author of the book Play Bigger, and has been an A-list writer and thinker about technology for 25 years. Kevin’s most recent book is UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance, which proposes a new category of healthcare. It is co-authored with Hemant Taneja of General Catalyst and Stephen Klasko, CEO of Jefferson Health. Kevin and Hemant also co-authored the 2018 book Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future. His other books include The Two-Second Advantage (a 2011 New York Times best seller), Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On and Others Don't, and The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson Sr. and the Making of IBM. Kevin wrote a regular column for Newsweek, and has been a contributor to Fortune, The Atlantic, Fast Company and ABC News, among other media outlets. He was a contributing editor at Conde Nast Portfolio and for 22 years, Kevin was a columnist, editor and reporter at USA Today. He’s appeared frequently on television and radio, including CNN, CBS Sunday Morning and NPR, and lectures at conferences and universities. Kevin has collaborated with CEOs and worked on projects in partnership with companies such as Cisco and Qualcomm. He also writes music for and plays in a New York band, Total Blam Blam. Today We Talked About Kevin's background AI 6/10 Law Being a Category King Creating a new Category What problem is there to solve? An unsolved  problem is a new category Chrysler in the 1980s Enduring as a Category King Where Good Ideas Come From The Adjacent Possible Tesla and Netflix Noodle.ai story AI is the new Electricity Connect with Kevin Website Twitter LinkedIn Category Design Advisors Play Bigger UnScaled UnHealthcare I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Nicole Nicole grew up in an entrepreneurial household and by her mid-twenties had helped build an 8-figure family business that spanned nearly a dozen countries. Having also launched her own successful venture at sixteen years old, Nicole quickly attracted attention from business leaders eager to know her secret to maximizing productivity and human potential. After experiencing more than her fair share of unethical and unjust business practices over her 30-year career, Nicole decided that while teaching others how to build effective business systems and play to their strengths is valuable and rewarding, the most important factor that determines success is leadership. Now Nicole mainly focuses on helping leaders at the highest levels shift their perspective and solve complex issues, with the aim of creating a more just and prosperous world for everyone. Today We Talked About Nicole's background Leadership Entrepreneurship Intrepreneur Leadership Mistakes Code of Honor (Team Code) Sharing it Empathy Developing Empathy Adversity Stretch yourself Connect with Nicole Podcast Website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Tina Tina Clements is a high energy, hands-on keynote speaker, author, coach, facilitator, entrepreneur.com contributor and successful leader. Before launching the BMW Group Joint Venture, The Retail Performance Company, LLC (rpc) in 2013, she worked for 10+ years within the BMW NA Organization and has been in the Learning & Development industry since 1996. Throughout her career, she has held leadership positions such as Vice President, Operations Manager, and Training Manager. Believing that a company’s success is directly related to the engagement of its people, she excels at moving businesses forward and motivating and growing talent. Tina has worked with organizations such as HBO, Volkswagen, MINI, IBM, WVIP Radio/Cable Systems, and boutique firms such as automätik education. Always challenging herself to improve and grow, she has earned CPC and ELI-MP accreditations among others, such as: DiSC®, MBTI®, and Langevin©. Today We Talked About Tina's background leadership ego blame game shift your perspective acceptance change it leave it communication stay calm being blocked feedback do it frequently do it when you see it... positive and negative If you can predict it, you can prepare for it. Connect with Tina Website LinkedIn Book I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Steve Steve is an expert on lessening loneliness in the workplace. His book “Connectable” is the first book to ever address the impact of loneliness at work. Steve has consulted for many of the top companies in the world (Salesforce, Home Depot, Bridgestone, Bank of America..) using his “powers” to deliver learning experiences that drive professional growth and development. Dubbed “The Leadership Whisperer” Steve has trained thousands of people, is a McGraw Hill and ATD (Association for Talent Development) published author, keynote speaker, and writer featured in Forbes, Trainingmag.com, and TD (Training Development) magazine. Steve is the CEO of SyncLX, and founder of Meyvn Global, building two industry-leading international consultancies focused on unlocking human potential. Steve holds a MS in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business, and a BA in Speech Communication from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He currently resides in Southern California with his wife Jen and two beautiful daughters. Today We Talked About Steve's background Why he got into leadership Loneliness Burstiness Show-n-tell hybrid work inclusion Situational Loneliness Cronic Loneliness Impact of the work Lots of feedback Uncommon commonalities Looking for loneliness signs shifts in routine reclusiveness feelings of unknown Pay attention to what your people are doing Modeling the Way Dare to Disagree Social Capital Connect with Steve Book Site LinkedIn Website Book I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2