Archive - The Tech Leader Docs

Building a strong technical team starts with who you hire.

Feb 14, 2022 •

007. Documentation Is How You Scale

Accelerate productivity and empower new hires.

Mar 28, 2022 •

001. Communication

The first pillar of effective leadership has a straightforward formula.

Jan 3, 2022 •

010. Avoid Rabbit Holes

How to help with technical issues when you're a technical leader.

May 23, 2022 •

A sensible approach for establishing more formalized processes.

Apr 18, 2022 •

006. Become Less Necessary

Your team scales, but you don't.

Mar 14, 2022 •

002. Prioritization

One of the first things I do when coming into a new company is figure out where people are writing tasks down. The phenomenon I call Task Sprawl is an…

Jan 17, 2022 •

005. Onboarding

A developer's first day of working for you determines how engaged they feel every day afterwards.

Feb 28, 2022 •

009. Throw Things Out

How throwing things away helps your team get ahead.

May 9, 2022 •

011. How to Run a Meeting

"If they would only write things down in complete sentences we could cut the meeting in half."

Apr 3, 2023 •

012. How to Delegate

Getting your team to get stuff done without being a dictator.

Apr 10, 2023 •

019. Leadership Language

Choosing your words carefully to drive team success.

May 29, 2023 •

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