Leadership Link Round-Up

Written By Allison Pollard

Photo by Matti Mattila

A couple of blog posts caught my eye recently that I wanted to share related to leadership--how to become a leader, what to do, and what not to do.

Learn leadership by choosing to lead by T.J. Sullivan, co-founder of CAMPUSSPEAK.  T.J. is an amazing speaker, and his work inspires students to be better leaders every day.  I particularly love his advice to "Keep trying, keep failing, and keep learning"--a very agile sentiment.

Egocentric Leadership by Jurgen Appelo, agile author, speaker, and trainer.  While I do enjoying reading business/management books, I'll admit that they often suffer from what Jurgen calls Management 2.0.  Drucker's words about "knowledge workers" is a nice touch here.

Avoiding the Mistakes All Leaders Make by David Grossman, a guest post on Dan McCarthy's blog.  Hint: the mistakes are related to your organization's strategic plan.

How Telling Your Story Can Make You a Better Leader by Henna Inam.  Unlike my last post, this is related to the stories you tell about yourself to lead with authority. 

Allison Pollard

Allison Pollard helps overwhelmed technical leaders debug their management approach. She teaches them how to manage up, support people through change, and make time for strategic work. Her education in computer science, mathematics, and English from Southern Methodist University helps her connect technical work with people management. As a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Allison focuses on improving product delivery and leadership culture. Her experience includes work in energy, retail, financial, real estate, and transportation industries. Allison regularly speaks at global conferences like Scrum Gatherings and Agile Alliance's Agile20xx. She promotes women's leadership as the program director for Women in Agile's Mentorship program. When she's not working, Allison likes to drink lattes and listen to Broadway musicals. Allison is a proud glasses wearer and co-owner of Middlegame Partners.

http://www.allisonpollard.com
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