Personal and Business Competencies / Management Skills

Active Leadership for IT Professionals

Active Leadership for IT Professionals training is an intensive, two-day program designed specifically for IT professionals who want to develop their leadership skills. In todays dynamic technology environment, effective leadership is critical to the success of IT projects and teams.

Issues

The role of leadership in modern IT organizations
Leadership styles and their application in different IT contexts
Effective technical and non-technical communication
Managing distributed and multicultural teams
Motivating and engaging IT professionals
Change management in technology projects
Building a culture of innovation and experimentation
Conflict resolution techniques in IT teams
Leadership in Agile and DevOps methodologies
Talent development and succession planning in IT
Ethics and responsibility in technology leadership
Strategic planning and decision-making in IT
Managing stress and job burnout in the technology industry

Benefits

Develop leadership skills specific to the IT industry
Learn techniques for effective communication with technical teams and business stakeholders
Gain the tools to manage complex technology projects
How to build and maintain high-performance IT teams
Improve conflict resolution skills in a technological environment
Understand how to promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
Acquisition of strategic thinking skills in the context of IT
Networking with other IT professionals and sharing experiences

Who is this training for?

IT project managers

Leaders of development teams

Systems architects

Product managers in the technology industry

IT professionals aspiring to leadership roles

Experienced IT professionals looking to refresh their leadership skills

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of IT project management processes
Experience working in technical teams
Openness to new concepts and willingness to actively participate in discussions and exercises
Laptop with internet access to participate in interactive sessions
Recommended: prepare a brief description of the leadership challenges the participant is currently facing in his or her organization

Training program

Leadership styles (Goleman) in the IT context — visionary, coaching, affiliative, democratic, commanding, pacesetting — when to use each in an IT project
Transitioning from expert to leader — pitfalls (micromanagement, 'I'll do it faster myself'), building authority without being the technical guru
Communication with technical teams — technical vs personal feedback, 1-on-1s, communicating with non-technical stakeholders (translating IT to business)
Delegation and autonomy — levels of delegation (from 'execute' to 'decide'), trust-but-verify, autonomy in Agile/DevOps
Motivating IT specialists — self-determination theory (autonomy, mastery, purpose), intrinsic motivation of developers, talent retention
Workshops: diagnosing your own leadership style, simulating a 1-on-1 with a developer (code review feedback), delegation plan

Resolving conflicts in IT teams — technical conflicts (architecture, technologies) vs interpersonal, mediation, escalation
Agile leadership — servant leadership in Scrum, leadership in DevOps (blameless culture), leading in a matrix organization
Building a culture of innovation — psychological safety (Edmondson), experimentation, failure tolerance, hackathons, 20% time
Change management in IT — new technologies, reorganizations, Agile/DevOps transitions, communicating change to technical teams
Distributed and multicultural teams — remote leadership, asynchronous communication, building relationships at a distance
Workshops: simulating a technical conflict (technology selection), building a psychological safety plan, leadership action plan